Sociology and other Social

Sciences
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• Social sciences are disciplines that

apply scientific methods to the
study of human behavior.
 Sociology and Psychology

• Psychology deals with individual

behavior and mental processes.
 Sociology deals with group
behavior and group processes.
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• Sociologists perspective on social

issues is broader than
Psychology.
• The psychologist view says about
crimes that we are motivated by the
energy of irrational desires, arising
from the dark side of human nature
that harbors our unconscious
aggressive impulses and mental
conflicts.
• Sociologists, in the same criminal case
are going to try to find the answer to
why society is at such a level of
criminality.
• Sociology differs from psychology
because it does not seek information
about an individual in particular, like
• Social Psychology is study of
how human behavior is
influenced and shaped by
various social situations.
 Sociology and Economics

• Economics deals with production,

distribution and consumption of
goods and services.


• Sociology does not concentrate on

a single institution. Sociology
deals with the whole society
including economic institution.
• Social factors influence economic
factors and economic conditions
determine the social conditions.
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D
• Low Productivity

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• C
Poor Health
E

• Low Income

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• A
B
• Inadequate Diet Poverty

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• Vicious circle of Poverty

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• Many of the problems of Sociology
and Economics are same.
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 Sociology and History
• History is the study of past
events and movements to
know, when and why, what
happened.
 Sociology looks at historical
events to discover their social
significance.


• Historians focus on individual

event
 Sociologists focus on phenomena
• History focuses on the past.
•
 Sociology focuses on the
present.
•
 Sociology and Cultural
Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology deals
with the culture of small
groups and Preindustrial
societies.
• Sociology deals with Large
groups of Industrial
societies.
• The two have many theories and
• Anthropologists conduct Longitudinal
studies to learn As Much As possible
about the society.
•
 Sociologists use the research
methods to Quickly gather Specific
information about large groups.