"sociology is best briefly defined as the study of"?

Question

"sociology is best briefly defined as the study of"?

Answer 1

From my Sociology book:  "The systematic study of human society."

Answer 2

the interactions and reactions to the actions of reactionary people.

Answer 3

Society. What else?

Answer 4

Remembered from an anthropology lecture: "sociology is a monument to the obvious."

Answer 5

The study of people within their environment. God bless****

Answer 6

social groups

Answer 7

People and how they interact with one another within society.

Answer 8

people and how they interact with the world.

Answer 9

I would say: the study of a society through empirical observation of the interactions of its members.

Answer 10

A typical textbook definition of sociology calls it the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. Sociology is interested in our behavior as social beings; thus the sociological field of interest ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes.