Question

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

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Bickering

Bickering refers to a form of communication that being done to argue about trivial/unimportant matters. 
In general, bickering usually inefficient in conflict resolution because it does not address the real issue that deemed as important by both communicating partners.