What did Berger and Luckmann mean when they said that reality is socially constructed?

1. A Option A: Terms like reality have no deeper meaning beyond the level of discourse
2. B Option B: Sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that
3. C Option C: People negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and external
4. D Option D: Scientists are guided in their work by social values and interests, so they define and measure phenomena that will support their theories

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