Fred gets arrested for an aggravated assault he commits in a fit of anger.He is first considered a defendant,found guilty by a jury,and then labeled a criminal in the system.After this,Fred accepts his act as being wrong and begins to think of himself as an evil person.In this scenario,Fred has experienced a phenomenon called:
A)moral rationalizing.
B)containment.
C)conformity.
D)tagging.

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Fred has experienced the phenomenon known as tagging, where a person is labeled as a criminal by the justice system and then begins to internalize this identity, leading to potential negative impacts on their self-concept and behavior.

Fred Gets Arrested for an Aggravated Assault He Commits in a Fit