Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson students will able to:

1. Define the meaning of Sociology
2. Identify and the different scenarios and understand it.
 SOCIOLOGY
It comes from the Latin word socius meaning “Friend” or
“Companion” and the Greek word logos meaning “study”

Sociology is the systematic study of society and social interaction. In

order to carry out their studies, sociologists identify cultural patterns
and social forces and determine how they affect individuals and
groups. They also develop ways to apply their findings to the real
world.
 Social rules of behavior, societal expectations, and norms guide an
individual’s actions, thoughts, and feelings.

 Sociology studies how people relate to each other and how they
work as a whole in the larger society. The sociological perspective
sees the general in particular.
Sociology was developed as a way to study and try to understand the
changes to society brought on by the Industrial Revolution in the 18th
and 19th centuries. Some of the earliest sociologists thought that
societies and individuals’ roles in society could be studied using the
same scientific methodologies that were used in the natural sciences,
while others believed that is was impossible to predict human
behaviour scientifically, and still others debated the value of such
predictions. Those perspectives continue to be represented within
sociology today
 Sociologists study all aspects and levels of society.
 AUGUSTE COMTE- French social thinker who coined the word
“Sociology” in 1838 to encapsulate the idea of improving society by
understanding how it operates.
 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
ACTIVIY: Good for 5-7 minutes only , 3 minutes
presentation
 If you have been victim of the following crimes, state whether or not you will inform the police and why?

CRIME TELL THE POLICE( YES/NO) WHY?

VANDALISM
ROBBERY
BLACKMAIL
ASSAULT
CAR THEFT
CYBER BULLYING
 1. Define Sociology in your own words.
 2. How important is Sociology in Our
life?