E-Book 1 - What is Sociology?

Sociology is the study of how people live together in society.

• Society is made up of all the human groups that we belong to.
• Everyone is a member of a human group.
• Human groups can be large = towns, sport supporters, religion
• Or small = families, friends and villages
• All the groups have seperate rules for how to behave and think
• All of the groups affect us on how we act and think however we normally dont always realise it.
• The study of these groups is SOCIOLOGY.

• Everyone has their own opinion on whether something is right, wront, true or false. 
• Sociologists use evidence to talk about the world, they base their ideas on facts they know or on evidence. 
• They keep their own ideas about what's right or wrong out of their work and try to understand why people think the way they do.