In response to an incident of harassment, a woman says: “Touch me again and I will file a complaint. You must be a major low-life to treat a person this way.”This message is a combination of which of the following strategies?

a) assertive-empathic/rhetorical multifunctional
b) threat/aggressive
c) threat/overt manipulation
d) overt manipulation/aggressive

ANS: b

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