Sociology is the study of social life and interaction .
It advances such a study in two ways. First, as a way of seeing , Sociology aims to go beyond commonsensical beliefs about how human beings as a group live and think. Second, as a set of intellectual tools , Sociology encourages you to study social life in a rigorous and systematic way. Through this, you learn more about yourself and your place in society than the untrained observer. Sociology as a discipline has a long history.