Sociology is the study of human social behavior. Sociologists may use quantitative (measurable) or qualitative (descriptive) methods to study how humans socialize and organize themselves socially, as well as the origins and implications of social structures. Human social behavior is especially interesting because Homo sapiens has evolved to be a species dependent upon socialization. Most infant animals require some amount of care from parents, but whereas instinct serves as the driving force for animals like deer and lizards, humans are entirely dependent upon the care and teaching of others for the first several years of life.
Sociologists may be interested in socioeconomic class and mobility, sexuality, law, politics, religion, or linguistics. A sociologist may choose to study any aspect of human social behavior, so these are just some examples of what a researcher might choose to focus on.
Where other fields of study, like Anthropology, can tell us why humans are social beings, Sociology tells us how humans are social beings.
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