Karah, a teenager, rolls her eyes and walks away when her mother orders her to clean her room. Karah and her mother are using one of the least satisfying approaches to conflict management:

A) demand-withdrawal pattern.
B) destructive-aggressive pattern.
C) confrontation-avoidance pattern.
D) passive-aggressive pattern.

Answer: A) demand-withdrawal pattern.

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