Social relationships

In social science, a social relation or social interaction is any relationship between two or more individuals. Social relations derived from individual agency form the basis of social structure and the basic object for analysis by social scientists. Fundamental inquiries into the nature of social relations feature in the work of sociologists such as Max Weber in his theory of social action.
Categorizing social interactions enables observational and other social research, such as Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (lit. "Community and Society"), collective consciousness, etc. However different schools and theories of sociology and other social sciences dispute the methods used for such investigations.
== Forms of relation and interaction ==
 	Physical movement	Meaning	Directed towards others	Await response	Unique/rare interaction	Interactions	Accidental, not planned, but repeated interaction	Regular	Interactions described by law, custom, or tradition	A scheme of social interactions
Behavior 	Yes 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Action 	Yes 	Maybe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Social behavior 	Yes 	No 	Yes 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Social action 	No 	Yes 	Yes 	No 	 	 	 	 	 	
Social contact 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	 	 	 	 	
Social interaction 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	 	 	 	
Repeated interaction 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	 	 	
Regular interaction 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	 	
Regulated interaction	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
Social relation 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	No