Sociology is best briefly defined as the study of?

Question

sociology is best briefly defined as the study of ___________-

a. child development

b.how people learn

c.how people behave in social setting development

Answer 1

the answer is all three we develope differently at all three but we form a lot of are social and behavior as children and as we get older we learn to inter act with other people at work  and in most cases  trying to get a mate so i would say all three

Answer 2

Technically, it would be all of the above, but C would be the BEST answer. Without A or B, C would not exist.

*I have to disagree with Jasper. People react in social settings based on what they have learned as a child and throughout their lifetime. For example, if a child grows up in a racist family, the child's social interactions with another race will be greatly dictated by what he/she has grown to believe is right or wrong about other races.

While A and B may fall into psychology more than sociology, you cannot understand sociology without understanding psychology. One cannot understand how or why someone behaves in a particular manner in a social setting unless they somewhat understand the human mind.

Answer 3

i see that u r takin stratford university too lol

Answer 4

c

Answer 5

Mass behavior.

Answer 6

Nope, its just c.  Child development is psychology, as is learning theory.  Sociology can study how children interact and all that stuff, but it doesn't give a d**n about how kids develop.  And sociology can study how a person's relationship to the society effects how he/she learns how to behave in a social environment (i.e. assimilation of norms and culture and all that stuff), but we sociologists don't give a c**p about the sorts of methods you use to learn (and forget) your school subjects.