Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of society and social interaction. Sociology was developed as an academic and scientific way to study and theorize about the changes to society brought on by the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth 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 it… Those perspectives continue to be represented within sociology today

sociology — the systematic study of society and social interaction. society — a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact with one another and who share a common culture. theory — a proposed explanation about social interactions or society. constructivism — an extension of symbolic interaction theory which proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be.