When WI Thomas Argued That "If People Define Situations as Real

When W.I. Thomas argued that "if people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences," he meant that

A) sociologists should not study people's perceptions of reality because these are often false.
B) people are excellent judges of what is real.
C) sociology is the intersection of history and biography.
D) sociologists can learn a lot even from studying people's misperceptions of social reality.
E) people act haphazardly and don't stop to define the situations they encounter.