Sociology
noun
The study of human interaction in society.
She is majoring in sociology at university.
Often appears as...
- study sociology
- sociology degree
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Academic
noun
The scientific study of social behavior, its origins, development, organization, and institutions.
Sociology helps us understand the complexities of human behavior.
Often appears as...
- sociology of education
- sociology of religion
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Academic
noun
The study of human interaction in society.
She is majoring in sociology at university.
Often appears as...
- study sociology
- sociology degree
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The scientific study of social behavior, its origins, development, organization, and institutions.
Sociology helps us understand the complexities of human behavior.
Often appears as...
- sociology of education
- sociology of religion
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Academic Focus
Sociology is often studied in academic settings like universities and colleges.
His sociology thesis researched urban poverty.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Interaction
Sociology looks at how people act and relate with each other in groups.
In sociology, we discuss how social media changes communication.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Individuals
While psychology focuses on individuals, sociology focuses on groups and societies.
Sociology analyzes trends in group behavior, not just personal habits.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Focus
Sociology is often studied in academic settings like universities and colleges.
His sociology thesis researched urban poverty.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Interaction
Sociology looks at how people act and relate with each other in groups.
In sociology, we discuss how social media changes communication.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Individuals
While psychology focuses on individuals, sociology focuses on groups and societies.
Sociology analyzes trends in group behavior, not just personal habits.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Focus
Sociology is often studied in academic settings like universities and colleges.
His sociology thesis researched urban poverty.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Interaction
Sociology looks at how people act and relate with each other in groups.
In sociology, we discuss how social media changes communication.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Individuals
While psychology focuses on individuals, sociology focuses on groups and societies.
Sociology analyzes trends in group behavior, not just personal habits.
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Will Wright: Spore,...
the study of possible life in the universe. And then Drake's equation, looking at the probability of life arising on planets, how long it might last, how many planets are out there. And I started looking at how interesting Drake's equation was, because it spanned all these different subjects -- physics, chemistry, sociology, economics, astronomy.
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David Carson: Design,...
It was a worldwide branding campaign. And it was interesting to me -- my background is in sociology; I had no design training, and sometimes people say, well, that explains it -- but it was a very interesting experiment because there's no product that I had to sell;
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The search for "aha!"...
we had never done an off-Broadway show before. We'd actually done almost no theater. But we knew what we were passionate about, and it was a whole series of things that we had never seen onstage before, things like art and pop culture and technology and sociology
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Yves Morieux: As work...
You must give more cards to people so that they have the critical mass of cards to take the risk to cooperate, to move out of insulation. Otherwise, they will withdraw. They will disengage. These rules, they come from game theory and organizational sociology.
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This Is Your Brain on...
sociology, all of these fields must come together and touch in points where we can make contact and help each other understand this complexity of nature and the brain. And the third concluding idea that we've come up with as a result of our collaboration
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David Brooks: The social...
and a deeper view of who we are. And it's not based on theology or philosophy, it's in the study of the mind, across all these spheres of research, from neuroscience to the cognitive scientists, behavioral economists, psychologists, sociology,
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What we're learning from...
are uninsured on us help us design more effective institutions of policy we get unbelievable segregation so Bush imagine that in the future you'd wear a camera right in the center of your head Mills wants the student of sociology to
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Social animal - David...
a deeper view of who we are and it's not based on theology or philosophy it's in the study of the mind across all these spheres of research from neuroscience the cognitive science behavioral economists psychologists sociology we're
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Susan Etlinger: What do...
Great, right? And so what we need to do instead is spend a little bit more time on things like the humanities and sociology, and the social sciences, rhetoric, philosophy, ethics, because they give us context that is so important
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meetings as someone who works in a circus so circus mathematician I demand a recount it says something a personality trait that is idiot enok is motivated not by biology or by sociology or society but it's motivated by you
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Will Wright: Spore,...
the study of possible life in the universe. And then Drake's equation, looking at the probability of life arising on planets, how long it might last, how many planets are out there. And I started looking at how interesting Drake's equation was, because it spanned all these different subjects -- physics, chemistry, sociology, economics, astronomy.
Video examples
David Carson: Design,...
It was a worldwide branding campaign. And it was interesting to me -- my background is in sociology; I had no design training, and sometimes people say, well, that explains it -- but it was a very interesting experiment because there's no product that I had to sell;
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The search for "aha!"...
we had never done an off-Broadway show before. We'd actually done almost no theater. But we knew what we were passionate about, and it was a whole series of things that we had never seen onstage before, things like art and pop culture and technology and sociology
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Yves Morieux: As work...
You must give more cards to people so that they have the critical mass of cards to take the risk to cooperate, to move out of insulation. Otherwise, they will withdraw. They will disengage. These rules, they come from game theory and organizational sociology.
Video examples
This Is Your Brain on...
sociology, all of these fields must come together and touch in points where we can make contact and help each other understand this complexity of nature and the brain. And the third concluding idea that we've come up with as a result of our collaboration
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David Brooks: The social...
and a deeper view of who we are. And it's not based on theology or philosophy, it's in the study of the mind, across all these spheres of research, from neuroscience to the cognitive scientists, behavioral economists, psychologists, sociology,
Video examples
What we're learning from...
are uninsured on us help us design more effective institutions of policy we get unbelievable segregation so Bush imagine that in the future you'd wear a camera right in the center of your head Mills wants the student of sociology to
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Social animal - David...
a deeper view of who we are and it's not based on theology or philosophy it's in the study of the mind across all these spheres of research from neuroscience the cognitive science behavioral economists psychologists sociology we're
Video examples
Susan Etlinger: What do...
Great, right? And so what we need to do instead is spend a little bit more time on things like the humanities and sociology, and the social sciences, rhetoric, philosophy, ethics, because they give us context that is so important
Video examples
Words worth knowing from...
meetings as someone who works in a circus so circus mathematician I demand a recount it says something a personality trait that is idiot enok is motivated not by biology or by sociology or society but it's motivated by you
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Jane Smiley
American Writer
There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.
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Polykarp Kusch
German Scientist
To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children.
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Jayne Ann Krentz
American Writer
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology.
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Os Guinness
Irish Author
One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing 'the world' of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world.
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Jim Peebles
Canadian Scientist
Research such as ours is driven by the human imperative to understand where we are. It motivates the study of our positions in family, or in society, or on earth. The results may be termed geology, or sociology, or poetry.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I was a sociology major. And it had nothing to do necessarily with law, which is ultimately - I went to law school. But what I tried to do was choose something that I was passionate about or something that I cared about.
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George Stigler
American Economist
That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.
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Regis Philbin
American Entertainer
I majored in sociology and never took a single music-related course, much less any kind of class in public speaking - no confidence for it, none - yet I still had a passion for it that burned inside me.
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Ryan Hurd
American Musician
I got a sociology degree and then had an opportunity to go to graduate school. But I said no, because I wanted to give songwriting a shot.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
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Jane Smiley
American Writer
There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.
Quote examples
Polykarp Kusch
German Scientist
To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children.
Quote examples
Jayne Ann Krentz
American Writer
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology.
Quote examples
Os Guinness
Irish Author
One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing 'the world' of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world.
Quote examples
Jim Peebles
Canadian Scientist
Research such as ours is driven by the human imperative to understand where we are. It motivates the study of our positions in family, or in society, or on earth. The results may be termed geology, or sociology, or poetry.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I was a sociology major. And it had nothing to do necessarily with law, which is ultimately - I went to law school. But what I tried to do was choose something that I was passionate about or something that I cared about.
Quote examples
George Stigler
American Economist
That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.
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Regis Philbin
American Entertainer
I majored in sociology and never took a single music-related course, much less any kind of class in public speaking - no confidence for it, none - yet I still had a passion for it that burned inside me.
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Ryan Hurd
American Musician
I got a sociology degree and then had an opportunity to go to graduate school. But I said no, because I wanted to give songwriting a shot.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
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