A girl is overheard saying to her brother "If you stick up for me with Mom and Dad when I ask to go to the mall with the girls, I will forget I ever heard you planning to sneak out tomorrow night after they are asleep." This can be assessed as a type of communication called
A. manipulative.
B. scapegoating.
C. generalizing.
D. placating.
Answer: A. manipulative.
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