Sociological Methods

What is sociology, and how do we study it? Sociology studies anything and everything that involves humans interacting in some way. The focus of American Sociology is to study inequalities based on race, sex, age, where you live, sexual orientation, class, disabilities, etc. Sociology critically evaluates interpersonal interactions, the education and political systems, gender roles, crime and deviance, and so on.
We study sociology to understand the entire world around us. We can apply sociology theories and ideas to any scenario of our daily life. When dealing with person to person interaction or even to an individual in regards to the society we are applying sociology methods. For example, the way in which we treat people in a social setting conforms to social norms based on society. We relate to social norms by the use of conformity. You may find yourself doing things you might not normally do just because others are doing it. A good example of this may be how

Sociological methods include the same methods used in other social science disciplines, such as experimentation, observation, surveys, experiments, content analysis and focus groups. Sociological researchers use both quantitative and qualitative methods to test hypotheses. Sociology gives us both an understanding of the world we live in, and can also help us to better understand ourselves in terms of the roles we play within our society, our ideas, and human culture. We can learn immensely about ourselves through the social encounters we have all encountered. We learn where ideas come from, why and how we react in certain ways to situations, what are the advantages and disadvantages in our reactions, why and how we adapt to certain norms and not others. We learn to see ourselves as an actor whose role is influenced by the outside social world. We try to learn how to face and interpret people, not with our own emotional judgment, but with an objective, reasonable