A child who is continuously derided by his parents as "slow" will internalize this label as part of his identity. Instead of trying to succeed in school, he drops out and turns to drugs and alcohol. This is an example of
A. induced deviance.
B. social conditioning.
C. strain theory.
D. secondary deviance.
Answer: D
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