What is Sociology?

Sociology is also the study of

reifications, or social
constructions.

Introduction to Sociology: What is

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Sociology?
How Sociology fits in

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Sociology?
 Society Is….
A society is a group of people who share a
culture and live more or less together. They have
a set of institutions which provide what they
need to meet their physical, social, and
psychological needs and which maintain order
and the values of the culture.

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 Society
• Society is a group of people who
shape their lives in aggregated and
patterned ways that distinguish their
group from other groups.

Introduction to Sociology: What is

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Sociology?