When common sets of attributes and methods are organized into superclasses (or abstract classes)(like Student)and then subclasses (like Business Student)this action is referred to as ______________.
A)information hiding
B)object methods
C)encapsulation
D)inheritance
E)cohesion

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The action being described is inheritance, where subclasses inherit common attributes and methods from a superclass. Information hiding and encapsulation refer to different concepts related to data protection and access control, object methods are simply methods associated with an object, and cohesion refers to the degree to which the elements of a module or class are related to each other.

When Common Sets of Attributes and Methods Are Organized into Superclasses