Q: A teenager becomes moody while entering puberty and over a few-month period begins to change their dress and attitude toward peers. This change accelerates until the teenager has shifted social circles entirely and associates with drug users. How would symbolic interactionism describe the reasons for the changes the teenager is experiencing?
A		The teenager has fixated on the latency stage of development.
B		The teenager always had those central traits and they are becoming more expressed over time.
C		The teenager begins to perceive they are seen differently by their peers and authority figures. The teenager changes behavior accordingly, which begins a self-reinforcing cycle of adjusting behavior and self-perception accordingly.
D		The teenager's incentives to rebel against authority and peers and associate with drug users are driven by increased drug use and the reduced drive to associate with individuals who lack access to drugs.

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