the term "social", indicates the fact that individual and
group relations are the outcomes of social processes
(Broom and Slezinky, 1973). Thus, one of sociology's
main concerns is to study and analyze the behavior of
human society as it appears in its structured and
organized ways and relationships. Specifically,
sociologists are here interested in discovering and
analyzing:
- The personal and group relations that influence
individual behavior and social institutions; - How persons and groups relate to each other;
- How people organize themselves in various
social situations, whether consciously or
unconsciously; - What kind of social relationships occur in their
organized behaviors; and - How these social relationships are maintained;
how they decline or disintegrate.