Question

The significance of names or reputations given to people when they engage in certain types of behavior is the focus of ________ theory.1.A) strainB) controlC) labelingD) differential association

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "C": labeling.

Step-by-step explanation:

Labeling theory or Theory of social reaction is one of the micro-sociologist theories of the deviation sociology that states concerning other social relation theories, that deviation is not inherent to the act itself but is a reaction that most societies qualifies or labels negatively the behavior of minorities when they deviate of the social norms of the majorities.