Sociology is a systematic study of social behavior and human groups. If focused on the influence of social relationships upon people’s attitudes and behavior. It studies how societies are established and changed. Sociology has a brood scope of study: it deals with individuals, families, religions groups and political parties, business firms, labor unions, etc. It is concerned with family relations, poverty, discrimination, alienation, overpopulation and community.
The Sociological Perspective. In human society, newspapers, television and radio are the sources of information about peoples and their problems. But while the function of journalists is to report the news, sociologists bring a different type of understanding to such issues. The perspective of sociology means: to see through the outer sides of people actions and organizations.
The main goal of this perspective is to identify patterns of social behavior and influences on it in the run of time. For example, sociologists study the desire of movie- or rock fans to see in person, to talk with their idol. Why do people feel it so strongly? The sociological perspective tries to give explanations to such patterns. The scientists are not satisfied only to recognize THE fact, but they examine it in the larger context of human culture.
The Sociological Imagination. In attempts to understand social behavior, sociologists rely on special type of creative thinking, the sociological imagination, that is, an awareness of relationship between an individual and society So, we don't simply accept the fact that movie- and rock star are the royally’ of human society, but we ask On a more critical sense), why we are not so interested in outstanding scientists, or school teacher or architects. Sociological imagination can bring new understanding to daily life around us.
