2006-12-02 06:43:33 · 5 answers · asked by hop0409 5 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Sociology is learning about peoples cultural wellbeing and how people act in our socioty. People who take sociology are mainly into a career goal in social working. Im taking sociology and Iam actually learning alot!
2006-12-02 14:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Angel06 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sociology is the study of society and human social interaction. Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions.
Someone working in the field of sociology is often called a sociologist. As an academic discipline, sociology is considered a social science and is relatively young compared to other disciplines, having evolved in the early 19th century. Most sociologists work in one or more specialties or subfields.
The word sociology comes from the suffix "-logy" which means "study of," derived from Greek, and the stem "socio-" which is from the Latin word socius, meaning member, friend, or ally, thus referring to people in general.
Because sociology is such a broad discipline, it can be difficult to define, even for professional sociologists. One useful way to describe the discipline is as a cluster of sub-fields that examine different dimensions of society. For example, social stratification studies inequality and class structure; demography studies changes in a population size or type; criminology examines criminal behavior and deviance; political sociology studies government and laws; and the sociology of race and sociology of gender examine the social construction of race and gender as well as race and gender inequality. New sociological sub-fields continue to appear—such as network analysis—many of which are cross-disciplinary in nature.
Many sociologists perform research useful outside the academy. Their findings aid educators, lawmakers, administrators, developers, business leaders and people interested in resolving social problems and formulating public policy.
2006-12-02 15:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by James Y 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Most sociologist become professor at Universities.
2006-12-02 17:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
teacher
2006-12-04 22:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by King Midas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno =D
2006-12-02 15:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋