### science | social science:

Sociology
* Sociologies are social science.
* also applies the sociological perspective to itself as a discipline
  - ranges across time and serves as a useful complement to history
* approaches the study of social phenomena systematically and methodically.
* asks questions about what it means to be human and what it means to live in society.
* aspires to be an unbiased look at what humans hope, dream and value.
* attempts to connect individual experiences to a conception of a larger social structure
  - identify and understand the social functions and processes of human behavior
  - understand the individual in terms of social forces and trends
* behavioral and interpretive science.
* broadens the student's perspective of the overall organization and function of society.
* characteristically embraces a wide range of competing paradigms and approaches.
* combines social relevance with the rigor of a scientific discipline
  - the rigor of a scientific discipline with a concern for social relevance
* comprehensive behavioral science.
* considers the behaviour and motivation of individuals working in bureaucratic settings
  - interdependence between the group and the individual
* contains lots of links to sociology of other institutions.
* core discipline in many programs of study
  - skills discipline
* deals with a variety of problems within our society today
  - issues relevant to people and social life
* deals with the collective behavior of people in groups
  - major issues confronting our world, our nation and our lives
  - scientific study of group behavior
* demands empirical evidence that links sociological ideas to lived experience.
* describes the way that groups interact and develop towards violence.
* discipline built on scientific analysis of the social world
  - focusing on analysis of the social world
  - in the social sciences and part of the liberal arts approach to education
  - resting on the premise that knowledge is power
  - which encompasses diverse theoretical and methodological approaches
* dominates science.
* encompasses all aspects of human experience
  - areas such as gerontology, criminology, gender studies, and much more
  - many different perspectives of study
* engages in the study of people and their life in groups.
* examines how groups and institutions are structured and how they act
  - function in society
  - the interplay between human interactions and social institutions
* explores assumptions about people, their groups, and society
  - social life and the social causes and consequences of human behavior
* focuses on recurrent patterns of social interaction and social structure
  - the social causes of human behavior such as group membership
  - why and how societies are established and change
* formulates social principles and laws that objectively describe the social world.
* general field of study with numerous applications.
* generalising study that combines scientific method with a theoretical approach.
* has a beautiful sister science, namely anthropology
  - foundation in universal law, to be sure
  - methodology that makes it of little help as an aid to ethics
  - special obligation to benefit human beings
  - flexible methods of assessment
  - specializations that cross into a variety of interests and fields
* helps the professional to tune into rapidly changing fads and trends
  - to open the mind to the deceptively familiar world of our social arrangements
* impinges directly on industrial relations.
* includes many sub-fields that examine different aspects of society.
* investigates the structure of groups, organizations, and societies.
* involves the observation and explanation of human behavior in a wide variety of areas.
* involves the study and analysis of the way people behave in different societies
  - of human beings in social contexts
* is about prolonged and highly changeable social relations
  - the study of social behaviour
  - all about understanding one's personal biases
  - almost as diverse and divided as society itself
* is also a major of choice for people who want advanced degrees in social work
  - the science of the methods people use to interact with one another
* is an academic discipline
  - active and dynamic field
  - attempt to understand how society works
  - essential field of study in any social work or probation officer programs
  - exciting and timely field that changes as society changes
  - international discipline
  - another science directly concerned with hu- man behavior
  - basically the study of groups and their processes
  - blind to the connections between the human and the so-called natural
  - characterized as a discipline by several distinct modes of inquiry
  - collective psychology
* is concerned with societal issues
  - the reasons for conflict and the reasons for stability in societies
  - either history or natural science
  - embedded in active participation in social life
  - essentially the science and logic of society
  - global in orientation, scope, and practice
  - introduced by doing
  - made up of a variety of orientations that provides a rich fabric for social analysis
  - no less divided among areas of study, paradigms, and value commitments
  - one branch of the social sciences
* is one of the broadest of the social science disciplines
  - youngest academic disciplines
  - only one of a family of related social sciences
* is relevant to any occupation that involves working with people rather than things
  - wherever human relations are at work
  - rich with written material, both theoretically and empirically oriented
* is the disciplined and objective study of human science
  - easiest to understand what the lowest entity of sociology is
  - formal study of society and social structure
* is the science of human society, social relations, organization and change
  - that studies human society and social behavior
* is the scientific study of human action and interaction
  - beings as social beings - living and working in groups
  - group living and the products human relations
  - social behavior and societal organization
  - social relationships and structures
  - social relationships at the group level
  - society and social interaction
* is the scientific study of humans in their groups
  - living with one another in a society
* is the scientific study of social behavior, groups and society
  - interaction and organization
* is the scientific study of society and human behavior
  - the structure and process of social behavior
* is the social science devoted to the study of human society and social relations
  - which studies human groups and society
  - study and discussion of the role of human relationships in today's society
* is the study of contemporary society
  - culture, society, and groups within a society
* is the study of group life, social interactions, and relationships in society
  - groups and how they affect human behavior
* is the study of how human beings construct and inhabit social worlds
  - people act and react in relationship and response to each other
  - society organizes itself
* is the study of human behavior and most importantly, human society
  - in social groups
  - beings in group settings
* is the study of human group life
  - groups, institutions, and societies
  - interactions within a group context
* is the study of human social behavior
  - life, groups, institutions and societies
  - relationships and institutions
  - societies and social behavior
  - interactions and relations among human beings
  - interpersonal and group aspects of human behavior
  - life in society
  - man in groups
  - people and communities
* is the study of people in the context of the society in which they live
  - their environments
  - situations in which human beings are in relationship with one another
* is the study of social and cultural questions at the centre of contemporary life
  - groups and the ways in which they shape human behavior
  - groups, institutional structures, and social interaction
  - interaction, social groups, institutions, and social structure
* is the study of social life and interaction
  - and the social causes and consequences of human behaviour
  - and the social causes of consequences made by human behavior
  - and the social origins and consequences of human behavior
* is the study of social life, groups and modern societies
  - social change, and the social consequences of human behavior
  - relationships and social structures
* is the study of society and social behaviour
  - as a whole and of human social organization in groups
* is the study of the individual, groups and society
  - influence of groups on behavior attitudes, opinions and social events
  - interaction between the individual and society
  - organization, dynamics and consequences of social life
  - sources and consequences of human social interaction
  - ways in which human life is socially organized
* is the systematic study of human group behavior
  - our social world
* is the systematic study of social behavior and human groups
  - organization and social life in society
  - the organization and condition of society
  - valuable in both public and private spheres
* is, basically, the scientific study of how groups work
  - in large part, a study of variables and their relationships
* key discipline, together with some aspects of health studies.
* liberal arts discipline.
* looks at people and sees patterns.
* major that emphasizes the scientific study of social systems and their components.
* multitude of valuable perspectives on history.
* offers a perspective, a view of the world
  - emphases in criminology, social psychology, and general sociology
  - insights into discovering the world and one's place in it
* participates in a rather long tradition of systematic social thinking.
* perspective on and the study of social life.
* places some explanatory weight on the concept of role-behavior.
* pluralistic enterprise.
* provides an educational background relative to the nature and causes of social problems
  - important information useful both to personal life and public policy decisions
* rather broad discipline since all of human behavior is social.
* relates to the specific study of human social behavior.
* represents one of three distinct approaches to the study of human behavior.
* rewarding field to convey to others.
* science which uses scientific methods to develop theories about social interaction
  - the scientific method as does any science
* science, a social science.
* seeks to develop one's heart as well as one's brain
  - explain social structure, social institutions, and social interaction
  - place society in the international setting of today's changing world
* sees humans as fundamentally social.
  - concerned with societies and social organization
* social science that strives to understand human behavior
  - studies human behavior at the group or societal level
  - which is concerned with the systematic study of human society
  - science, and, as such, it is neutral and objective
* sterile discipline unless it is applied to everyday life.
* strong major in the liberal arts tradition.
* studies social life and social organization.
* studies the impact that social structure has on individuals and groups
  - lives and interactions of groups and individuals
  - resulting balance between social reproduction and social transformation
  - structure and processes of modern, industrial societies
* subject with important practical implications for our lives.
* suggests objectivity, curiosity, and a continuing search for real truth and true reality.
* systematically studies societal institutions and social behavior.
* talks about what everyone does when together.
* teaches skills of observation, organization, writing and data analysis
  - the student to become an active, rather than a passive, member of society
* tends to confuse empirical description with more general analytical processes.
* thus proceeds through various forms of analysis toward advancing human understanding.
* tries to discover the circumstances in which any generalization applies.
* understands and explains human behaviors as a result of social and cultural contexts.
* useful scientific orientation for better understanding and solving social problems.
* utilizes scientific standards to study society.
* very broad discipline with many different areas.
* way of seeing and understanding things beneath the surface of the obvious
  - thinking and a way of seeing
+ Identity (philosophy), Description: Social sciences :: Sociology
  * Sociology places some explanatory weight on the concept of role-behavior. The notion of 'identity negotiation' may arise from the learning of social roles through personal experience. Identity negotiation is a process in which a person negotiates with society at large regarding the meaning of his or her identity.
  * Sociology' is the study of societies and how humans act in groups. Sociology is a social science. People who study sociology are called sociologists.
+ Sociology, What do sociologists do?
  * Sociology includes many sub-fields that examine different aspects of society. For example, social stratification studies inequality and class structure in society. The field of demography studies changes in a population size or type. The field of criminology examines criminal behavior and crime. Political sociology studies government and laws. Sociology of race and sociology of gender examine how people think about race and gender.