$\text{SMITH MINI CASE:}$ Nathan Smith Is Single and Lives in Detroit, Where He

$\text{SMITH MINI CASE:}$ Nathan Smith is single and lives in Detroit, where he works on the assembly line at the local automobile manufacturing plant and is a member of the Automobile Workers Union. He views work as a means to buy things to enhance his leisure time and recently purchased a new television so that he could better watch his favorite team, the Detroit Lions, play football. Nathan has always followed the Lions, largely because his dad was a big Lions fan.
-In the SMITH MINI CASE, Nathan roots for the Lions because his dad did. This is an example of ________.

A) subjective measurement
B) geodemographic clustering
C) intergenerational transfer
D) syncratic decision making
E) status consumption