Many people choose to buy an expensive car though they cannot easily afford the monthly payment. driving the car becomes an important part of performing their social class. choose the perspective and concept with which this statement most closely aligns.

symbolic interactionism and class consciousness  

Explanation:

                 In many parts of the world, having an expensive and a big car and a house is regarded as a symbol of status in the society. There is a common perspective that those people are classified as 'high class people' or 'people with higher socioeconomic status' when they posses such property as an expensive car.

                Because of this believe many people tend to have an expensive car though they cannot afford to pay the monthly payment easily. Driving an expensive car or buying an huge house becomes very important and is a status symbol.

Thus the statement that closely aligns with the statement :

"symbolic interactionism and class consciousness".

the correct labels are as follows:

a: yellow river

b: himalayan mountains

c: north china plain

d: taklimakan desert

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