Read the following conversation and then answer the question. Marissa: You’ve been on the phone for an hour—get off! Nicole: Okay. Marissa: Now! [tells her friend she will call her later and hangs up.] Marissa: Thank you. Nicole: Ask a little more nicely next time. Consider the first pairing of messages in this conversation. Marissa says “You’ve been on the phone for an hour—get off!” and Nicole says “Okay.” This message pairing is an example of ______.

A. submissive symmetry
B. competitive symmetry
C. a transition
D. complementarity


D. complementarity

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