what is macrosociology?
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study of whole societies: the branch of sociology concerned with the study and analysis of societies in their entirety
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credit cards are a good one, maybe things like Mcdonalds....something that has had great influence on our culture, eating habits and our interactions with the environement ( fast food contributed to no longer needing to cultivate the land, as well has having women stay at home to cook/grow crops etc) \n\na sociofact is a term used to describe how cultural traits take on a life of their own, spanning over generations. it is something that can help establish a social order as such.
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Multidiscinplinary means across disciplines.  So, multidisciplinary case study of an unemployed man might involve analysing his situation from these standpoints:   economic standpoint (current unemployment rates), sociological (his class background), psychological (his upbringing and current mental state), gender studies (how his being male might relate to it), etc.
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Research is the search for and retrieval of existing, discovery or creation of new information or knowledge for a specific purpose. Research has many categories, from medical research to literary research. Marketing research (also called consumer research) is a form of business research. It is a form of applied sociology which concentrates on understanding the behaviours, whims and preferences, of consumers in a market-based economy. The field of marketing research as a statistical science was pioneered by Arthur Nielsen with the founding of the ACNielsen Company in 1923.
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Criminology, Sociology
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Social Anthropology is the study of how people interact with each other in a social setting like neighborhoods, tribes, etc.\n\nAnthropology is needed to figure out what effects construction and other outside things like construction would cause on a group of people. (e.g.:What construction would do for a local farming community).\n\nIt plays a vital role - it asseses the impact that a community of people/animals, etc would have if a certain act is committed like a crime or construction, etc.
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Sociology is the study of everything having to do with humans with respect to society.  you study things such as culture, gender, religion, tradition, social stratification, political systems and their effects on society, sex, age, the media etc and their effects on society. in other words, you study society and all the specific things that make it up and affect it. \n\npsychology is more the study of human behavior and human thought.  of course there are tons of different sub-areas within psychology but you study things such as personality, emotions, disorders of various types (social, mental etc), and then of course there are the different approaches to how to deal with certain issues.\n\nas you can see, although they are very different in their main focuses psychology and sociology overlap in many areas and each discipline takes into consideration many of the factors from the other.  they complement eachother. \n\nthere are some areas of psychology however, that are directly related to sociology such as Social Psychology.  in this branch of psychology you focus on human beings as members of a society. you might deal with issues such as Identity, Social Anxiety disorder etc. \n\nthey are both very interesting and like i said, both complement each other and overlap with eachother although they are very different in that their goal and their focus is different from eachother. \n\ni hope this helps
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http://www.sou.edu/sociol/soc333/Glossary.html
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These are closely related terms that refer to different things. \nTaxonomy is a biological discipline that studies the theory and practice of classification. It's more about the rules and techniques used to classify living things.\nClassification is any grouping of things according to arbitrary categories or attributes. Biological classifications, however, aim at establishing natural groups (i.e., groups that reflect the genealogy or descent of the organisms).\nSystematics is sometimes used with the same meaning as taxonomy, but it is a broader concept that comprises the scientific study of the types and diversity of organisms and their interelationships; other definitions are "the science of biological classification" or "the science of organismal diversity".
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Sociolinguistics is a relatively new field which studies the context of the language, not just the dialect.  Because of the importance of communicating directly and through translation, each language is now being studied in more detail.\nFifty years ago there was not much contact between peoples of different part of the world.  Today, with modern communication techniques, including the Internet, the study of sociolinguistics take on a more important role to make sure what we think is being said, is indeed, what was meant by the speaker or writer.\nFor example if someone in America expects to get telephone support for a person hired in India who learned English as a second language, one needs to know much more about the context of the language(s) being spoken.\nCheck out the sites below:
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ethnicity/race- eg, black, asian, nationality, art/humanities- eg, paintings, artwork, accents, languages and dialects, gay and lesbian culture, youth culture, clothes, traditions, music, film, media, orientalism, cultural hegemony, high, mass and popular culture, historical origins and past, cultural identity, economy, cultural capital, theorists such as pierre bourdieu, theodore adorno, antonio gramsci, social commentators such as stuart hall
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The book concerns the structure of society.\n\nSee the Wikipedia article below.
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Quantitative methodologies... statistical analysis?   How many pages allowed on here... there are books and books about it... try reading literature on the above... infinite (well almost!) sources available on line, at the library and in book shops
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Statistics is the collection, processing, interpretation and presentation of numerical information. Emmanuel Parzen of Texas A & M has said, "Statistics is like art. It's all about compression." What he meant was that, like an artist who tries to embody her perception of the world onto a finite canvas, a statistician tries to compress her perception of the world into a finite set of explanatory factors. At its very center, statistics is a ever-growing set of quantitative methods that examine past behavior to predict future behavior. \n\nThe application of statistics allows statisticians to: \n\nFormulate questions to be answered by collecting data \nSpecify by what design the data are to be collected \nSummarize the information in the data as statistics \nAnalyze statistics to draw and present conclusions \nBiostatistics is a branch of statistics that applies its methods for research in biology, medicine, and public health. The intent of biostatistics is to better understand the factors that affect human health through the judicious use of statistical methods. \nBecause many factors affect human health, statistical research in various fields is often termed as biostatistics. These fields include: \n\npharmacology \nbiology \nbiotechnology \ngenetics \nmedicine \nbiometry \ndentistry \npsychiatry \nphysiology \nradiology / medical imaging \ncancer \nAIDS \npublic health \nepidemiology \nhealth status of populations assessment \nenvironmental health \nmedical decision making \nnutrition \nhealth policy assessment \nhealth services research \nhealth behavior intervention assessment \nFields that either encompass or share concepts with biostatistics are statistics, medical informatics, epidemiology, operations research, and medicine.
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I'm a student of sociology - ask me!
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Well there are quantitative research methods (think surveys and statistics) and qualitative research methods (face to face interviews, content analysis, participant observation.)
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I don't know why someone would tell you to go get a book... that isn't in the spirit of this web site at all....\nPsychology is the study of the human mind,  it encompasses emotions, cognitive ability, structure, and chemistry. at the very least.  The word Psychology is derived from the Greek for study of the soul.  The science of Psychology began in the study of physiology.  People began to wonder about perception and why things seem the way they do to us.  It has since branched out into many different arenas and form.  These would include, but not be limited to... Abnormal, cognitive, developmental, experimental, behavioral, industrial and organizational psychology.