Sociologists Can Say That They Hope to Empower People to Make

Sociologists can say that they hope to empower people to make positive change in the world because they believe that sociology

A) can convince individuals to change and, if enough individuals change, society will change
B) undermines freedom by teaching people that they are influenced by social forces
C) gives people a false but motivating sense of their own individual power in the face of overwhelming social forces
D) helps people understand the world, including social facts, actions, and relationships, more deeply and thus identify problems and solutions to them more clearly