What is sociology the study of?
Sociology is often defined as the study of society.
What is a society?
A society is a group of people who share similar cultural beliefs or share a similar way of life.
What does sociology do?
Sociology examines society's social structures (or the different parts of society).
Provide 4 examples of different social structures?
1. Families
2. Education
3. Criminal Justice System
4. Social Stratification
What is a sociologist?
Sociologists study and monitor human behavior, interaction, and organization.
What do sociologists do?
They observe the activity of social, religious, political, and economic groups, organizations, and institutions.
State 3 examples of what sociology deals with?
Sociology deals with social processes such as socialisation, labelling and social control.
What kind of things do sociologists explore in sociology? Identify and describe two examples.
1. Sociologists explore the social issues facing people in their daily lives, such as quality of parenting, care of the elderly, violence crime and penury.
2. Sociologists also explore the connections or relationships between students' family backgrounds and their achievements at GCSE.