Psychology can be thought of as the study of behavior and mental process.

Sociology, is like the psychology of society - the behavior of people within

society, how society affects the mental process/actions of the each person.
Sociology and Psychology are closely related with each other. Both are
interrelated and inter-dependent. Psychology is concerned with the
exploration of the depth of man's mind and behavior in society. It is said that
psychology shows the significance of the relationship between the organism
(individual) and environment and the response of the former to the latter. It is
defined as "the study of man's mental life and behavior". It is the science of
mind of mental processes.
The aim of psychology is to arrive at the laws of mental life and behavior of
human beings. Sociology, on the other hand is the study of society. It studies
man's social relationships. In the words of Thouless, psychology is the
positive science of human experience and behavior.
Thus, sociology studies society where as psychology is concerned with human
behavior, So there are resemblances between psychology and sociology. Both
are regarded as positive science. These two disciplines have a great deal in
common and are inter-related. It is difficult to understand the inter-relations
and the activities of human beings; without an adequate knowledge of
human psychology. In the same way, many truths of psychology would
remain unintelligible without a comprehensive idea about social relationships,
behavior and activities.
There is no gain saying the fact that psychology trends support to sociology
and the help sociology extends to psychology, is by no means insignificant. In
other words they depend on each other for their existence. In this way, both
psychology and sociology are deeply related to each other.
Differences between Sociology and Psychology
Although the two disciplines are inter-dependent, they differ from each other
in certain respects.
1. Psychology is concerned with the human mind whereas sociology is
concerned with as a whole.

2. The methods used by sociology and psychology are not identical. Both
disciplines therefore, differ from each other in respect of methods.
3. The psychologist focuses his attention on the individual while the
sociologist is pre-occupied with society as a whole. Therefore, the individual is
regarded as the unit of psychology and society is regarded as the unit of
sociology.