A child interrupts his mother on the phone to ask what he should do with his socks; she tells him to wait until she is finished. The child interrupts four more times, and the mother feels quite irritated and annoyed. The child’s goal is most likely:

A. Attention-getting
B. Power struggle
C. Revenge
D. Assumed disability


ANS: A

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