What's the difference between sociology and anthropology?

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What's the difference between sociology and anthropology?

Answer 1

sociology studies ALL aspects of mankind

Answer 2

Micro- anthropology....Macro- sociology

Answer 3

They seem to overlap quite a bit but I think anthropology might be broader. The doiffernce seems to be nto really that distinct

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.a...

anthropology

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noun [U]

the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its physical development

sociology

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noun [U]

the study of human societies

Answer 4

Sociology mainly deals with statistics and is boring. You observe social groups from the OUTSIDE. Social anthropology is interesting and fun . You learn by living among a social group, for exemple the yanomamo (tribe in amazonas), and observe from the INSIDE, as a member of the group.

Answer 5

The degree of incoherence.

Answer 6

sociology - The systematic study of human society, especially present-day societies. Sociologists study the organization, institutions, and development of societies, with a particular interest in identifying causes of the changing relationships among individuals and groups.

anthropology - The scientific study of the origin, development, and varieties of human beings and their societies, particularly so-called primitive societies.

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Answer 7

Sociology is the study of 'societies' when they are still here.  Anthropology is the study of societies from their 'artifacts' found after the society is dead ...

Answer 8

Anthropology and sociology were traditionally thought of as separate disciplines—anthropology focusing on non-literate cultures and sociology looking at the problems of complex industrial and literate societies. ,

Answer 9

sociology is the study of group interaction, how different people react when in a group such as  a society, anthroloplogy is the study of a certain group's history,  traditions and customs.

Answer 10

Anthropology is the study of all mankind. Sociology is the study of specific societies and groups. Sociology is like, more detailed anthropology.

Answer 11

Sociology- The study of the interactions within a group of people. How and why people act the way they do toward eachother, and how/why they act differently in diff groups.

Anthropology- The study of how/why people act the way they do looking at their anscestors and past cultures.

Answer 12

Simply put, Sociology is the study of societies and Anthropology is the study of humans.

To expand on my simple answer:

Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social action, and culture. Fields within the discipline concentrate on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions.

Anthropology is the study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. Anthropology encompasses four sub-fields;simply defined:

1. Cultural Anthropology (the study of culture)

2. Linguistic Anthropology (the study of language)

3. Archeology (the excavation of fossils and artifacts)

4. Biological/Physical Anthropology (the study of human evolution, genetics and primatology)

Both disciplines overlap, and some smaller colleges actually combine them into one department (although major universities separate them into two different departments).