A high school student acts bored in class, and the teacher decides she is a bad student. This teacher discusses the student with other teachers who then treat that student as if she were a bad student. This describes the process of

A. differential association.
B. cultural transmission.
C. labeling.
D. weakening social bonds.


Answer: C

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