Sociology is an attempt to understand how society works.
Sociology is concerned with the relationships between people, with how these relationships form part of the broader sets of relationships between social groups, and with how groups and individuals are related to the wider society. An important aspect of this interest concerns the question of social change and the analysis of those processes which bring about change. The study of society is only part of our concern since it must rest on an analysis of the social behaviour of groups, individuals and organisations. When confronted by people going about their daily life, those who study sociology ask why they do the things they do, and how and when they came to do them like that. Sociologists don't deny that an individual's biology, needs, wants and desires can be useful in explaining how particular people act but they recognise that what people consider as their needs and wants varies widely within and between societies.