Because jerry is an attorney, he is used to formulating replies to a speaker's comments before they are done, and he is always ready to debate a speaker's point. this frustrates jerry's wife, who feels he doesn't pay attention to her as she speaks because he is too busy thinking of his response and anticipating her comments.

Rebuttal Tendency

Explanation:

Rebuttal tendency is when we tend to argue against someone's view or point whilst they still speaking or stating it without listening to them carefully.

This affect someone's ability to listen effectively,so instead of paying attention to hear someone's argument or point of view and properly consider how we will respond we just jump into going against their point.

Effective listening may help us understand what the other person is really trying to say without us running to debate with them. Rebuttal tendency results to conflict between people involved in a conversation because the listener doesn't hear the other person's point of view but only jumps to responding instead of figuring out if they may be one thing that they agree on the same topic.

Jerry is an attorney and he is probably use to arguing his side in court cases and he takes this back home where he finds himself arguing with his wife the same way without totally listening to his wife he rushes to dismiss her ideas as he will do when arguing with another attorney in a court case hence he uses rebuttal tendency.

a.. a conflict between her competing identities.. apex