Amy is furious! She has just found out that her boyfriend went to the car show on Valentine's Day instead of taking her out for a romantic dinner. She wants to confront him and call him a good-for-nothing jerk. Instead, she calms down and explains to him how his actions hurt her. Amy used which Gibb pairing to communicate to her boyfriend?
A) Strategy versus spontaneity
B) Superiority versus equality
C) Control versus problem orientation
D) Evaluation versus description

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Amy's communication style of explaining how his actions hurt her instead of directly confronting him and calling him names indicates that she used the Gibb pairing of evaluation versus description. She is describing how she feels rather than evaluating his behavior.

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