Multiple Choice
What is the one essential requirement for Gibb's categories of defensive behaviours to arouse defensiveness?
A) Both partners in the communication get defensive.
B) The receiver of the message perceives it as threatening.
C) The sender of the message intends to threaten the receiver.
D) The matching supportive behaviour is ignored by the receiver of the message.
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