SOC 885 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Human Science, The Sociological Imagination, Ob River
20 Jan 2016
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Sociology is the study of the social world. It involves studying human beings and their patterns of behaviour. In order to do this, we focus on the way people form relationships and how these relationships, considered in their totality, are represented by the concept of a society . In this respect, the focus of the sociologist"s attention is on group behaviourthat is, the effect that the groups people join or are born into (family, work, education and so forth) have upon people"s social behaviour. Sociology: systematic study of human society and social interaction (looks at human interactions and human behaviour within a society) Sociologists uses both theoretical perspectives and research methods to examine social behaviors. Sociology, like other human sciences (psychology, anthropology, economics, etc), attempts help understand and explain human behaviour. Sociology is a human science it differs form the other human sciences also called a social sciences.
