Jenny says, "beth, i'm really upset about how we divide the cooking chores." beth retorts, "speaking of cooking, my secretary brought in great cookies today." beth's response is an example of a(n)

An example of the tangential response. It is categorized under the disconfirming responses. Beth exhibited this response by answering to Jenny's cooking chores issue then eventually changing the topic by mentioning the cookies brought by her secretary. Tangential responses are a form of disconfirming response, wherein a person reply to the other person under the subject of their conversation but then changes the topic.