Which of the following statements is true of Symbolic Interaction Theory?

A. It looks at a person's ability to manage the discomfort people feel when their beliefs are in conflict with each other.
B. It states that people will apply a personal set of rules to try to understand a social situation.
C. It looks specifically at what happens when someone does something different than what we had expected.
D. It is a community of theories, rather than simply one theory.


Answer: D

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