__________ is the process whereby a person is identified by others as possessing a specific characteristic or exhibiting a certain pattern of behavior (such as being deviant)

a. Prophsizing
b. Stigmatizing
c. Stereotyping
d. Labeling


d

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response

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