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What is sociology? Identify three ways that sociology can be applied to health? There is no precise definition of sociology. In basic terms, sociology is the study of society.
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What is sociology? Identify three ways that sociology can be applied to health? There is no precise definition of sociology. In basic terms, sociology is the study of society. The meaning of the word comes from the suffix "-ology" which means "study of" and the stem "soci-" which refers to society. Sociology is a social science which involves the study of the social lives of people, groups, and societies. It is a relatively new academic discipline which evolved in the early 19th century by a sociologist named Auguste Comte. The term "sociology" was coined by Auguste Comte in 1838 from the Latin word socius which means "companion" and the Greek language logia, which means "study of", (Taylor and Field, 2003). Comte hoped to merge all studies of human-kind including history, psychology and economics. His own sociological methods were typical of other theorists throughout the 19th century. He believed...
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