Are sociology and psychology closely related?
Psychology studies things that go on inside individuals (perception, cognition, etc.) and social psychology and community psychology study persons in groups, group behavior, and the effects of contexts on personal and group behavior. Sociology also has a sub-field of social psychology, so that is where psychology and sociology are closest. Sociology differs from psychology in the way it also studies organizations, institutions, and other more macro-level phenomena. The two disciplines also differ in the relative frequency with which they use different research methods, with psychologists using experiments more often and sociologists using surveys more often. Both disciplines use statistics, although sometimes different ones. I find that sociology and psychology complement each other very well if we are interested in understanding human behavior and social life. I minored in psychology as an undergraduate and have continued to read relevant literature, especially in social psychology.
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