What are the different areas of concern of sociology?

Answer 1

Social Organization - This refers to social institutions, social groups, social inequality, social mobility, religious groups, and bureaucracy.These are the examples of social organizations: social institutions, social groups, social inequality, religious groups and bureaucracy.

Social Psychology - This refers to human nature and its focus on social processes as they affect the individual. The observations in their emotions, attitudes, perceptions and culture in there community, school market and church.

Social Change - This studies ecological changes, population, migration, technological change, new production techniques, culture change, political processes, social transformation, modernization, mass communication, and the impact of natural disaster.

Population - This studies size, growth, demographic characteristics, as well as corruption, migration, changes vis-à-vis economic, political and social systems.

Applied Sociology - This is concerned with resolving social problems through sociological research.

Sociological Theory and Research - This is a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions or behavior; or the discovery and development of research that tests the validity, applicability and usefulness of the results of the investigation for the improvement of life.

Answer 2

Social Structure - Components and inter relations.

Social Change - Types and Theories

Social Processes - Cooperation, conflict, acculturation, socialization, modernization, sanskritization, westernization, Urbanization and Industrialization.

Social Institutions - Family, marriage, religion, economy, polity and education.

Social Stratification and mobility - Nature types and theories.

Answer 3

• Social organization is the study of the various institutions, social groups, social stratification, social mobility, bureaucracy, ethnic groups and relations, and other similar subjects like family, education, politics, religion, economy, and so on and so forth.
• Social psychology is the study of human nature as an outcome of group life, social attitudes, collective behavior, and personality formation. It deals with group life and the individual's traits, attitudes, beliefs as influenced by group life, and it views man with reference to group life.
• Social change and disorganization is the study of the change in culture and social relations and the disruption that may occur in society, and it deals with the study of such current problems in society such as juvenile delinquency, criminality, drug addiction, family conflicts, divorce, population problems, and other similar subjects.
• Human ecology deals with the nature and behavior of a given population and its relationships to the group's present social institutions. For instance, studies of this kind have shown the prevalence of mental illness, criminality, delinquencies, prostitution, and drug addiction in urban centers and other highly developed places.
• Population or demography is the study of population number, composition, change, and quality as they influence the economic, political, and social system.
• Sociological theory and method is concerned with the applicability and usefulness of the principles and theories of group life as bases for the regulation of man's environment, and includes theory building and testing as bases for the prediction and control of man's social environment.
• Applied sociology utilizes the findings of pure sociological research in various fields such as criminology, social work, community development, education, industrial relations, marriage, ethnic relations, family counseling, and other aspects and problems of daily life