Given what we know, it appears that:
Tran must be jealous of Bob
Bob must be a better player than Tran
Tran had a symptom as response
Tran felt that Bob dis-confirmed him
Tran is stubbom
The kind of relationship that Bob had with the 6th grader was likely to be:
Complementary
Digital
Symmetrical
Dis-confirmed
Analogical
When Bob gave Tran advice:
He put himself in the one-down position
He was creating a symmetrical interaction
He put Tran in the one-down position
He was creating a complementary interaction
c and d
A problem that Tran and Bob have in this interaction might be called:
Discrepancy in punctuation
Confirmation
Symptom as response
Confusing the message with the relationship
a and d
When Tran yelled at Bob, he:
Was using a symptom as response
Was using gendered code
Was being mindful Was using analogic communication
Was only using digital communication
