When Berger & Luckman said that reality is socially constructed they meant ?
Correct answer: B. people negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and external
- A. scientists are guided in their work by social values and interests, so they define and measure phenomena that will support their theories
- B. people negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and external
- C. sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that
- D. terms like reality have no deeper meaning beyond the level of discourse
Explanation
Berger and Luckmann argued that people create and maintain social reality through shared meanings and repeated interaction, then come to experience those meanings as objective facts. Option a refers more narrowly to the social influences on scientific work.
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