Sofia volunteers with the Children's Home, a group home for adolescents in state custody. She and her fellow volunteers, the staff, and the residents successfully lobbied their state government to implement a new law requiring that adolescents above the age of 10 be included in the creation of their own care plans. This demonstrates what about social institutions?
A. They are static and unchanging.
B. Institutions are not linked.
C. People change institutions.
D. New institutions are created in response to social change.
E. Social institutions do not meet a society's needs.
Answer: C
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