Kyla says to Diane, "I'm so stressed about my grad school applications. I haven't heard back from any of the schools." Diane interjects stating, "Oh well life will be fine, and you don't have to stress or talk about it anymore. I am so over hearing about those applications!" Which of these is Diane doing?

A) Diversionary interrupting
B) Conversational rerouting
C) Equivocational misdirecting
D) Selectively directing
E) Relational listening


A

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