Question

Tessa is in her bedroom with her mother. tessa's mother exclaims, "you need to get these clothes off the floor right now!" tessa replies, "it's my room and i will leave things where i want." tessa's mother responds, "i am your mother and you will do what i say." this is an example of _____.

Answer 1

I believe this is an example of: bickering

bickering refers to the argument that caused by something trivial/considerably less important to others.
Using bickering as a response in communication often would only resulted in negative confrontation and considered as ineffective since it do not bring both parties closer to a conclusion/compromise.