When a person needs to have his or her car repaired, he or she can go to a muffler store, a transmission shop, a tire retailer, or a gas station for a tune-up. Talcott Parsons refers to this specialization as:
A. adaptive upgrading.
B. exclusion.
C. differentiation.
D. inclusion.
Answer: A
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