2. Answer the following questions:

1. How can you define human sciences and physical sciences? Is there any difference between them? Give the examples.

2. What sciences does sociology belong to?

3. To distinguish sociology from the other subjects in the human sciences is it enough to say that it is about people and humanity?

4. Is it right to say that sociology is “about” society?

5. Is there any way to differentiate sociology?

6. What is the difference between the sociological and psychological approaches?

7. Is it true that sociology is the study of the external relations which individuals engage in?

8. Can you propose that Psychology and Sociology are so close that we cannot finally distinguish them in any complete sense?

9. How can all the differing theories within sociology be described?

10. Give the most complete definition of sociology.

3. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and phrases used in the text.

human sciences; physical sciences; aforementioned; A provisional definition; social interaction; relationships engaged in (основанные,построенные...?) by individuals; sociology's distinctiveness; solitary; isolated beings; starting point; to fall in with; widespread perception; to amass; key terms; to exasperate; inadequate; to contextualise; external / internal; to engage in; whilst; sufficient overlaps; distorted understanding.

4. Summarise the article, using the words and phrases given in Ex.III.

5. Explain the meaning of the following statement:

“Sociology is a subject made up of competing theories on society.”

6. Say what is implied by:

1. social interaction

2. social order

3. external relations

7. Translate the following passage from the text into Russian.

“For it seems to me that sociology is to be defined as the 'study of social order'.  Sociology is a subject made up of competing theories on society. All the differing theories within sociology are best described as basically involved in the project of describing and explaining 'social order'. In other words sociology has always sought to understand how the components of society, the social relationships and the social institutions, contribute to, or deflect from the continued existence of 'society'. This is not to suggest that sociology is not concerned with social conflict and social change too.   However these concerns are essentially one's which derive from, and supplement, the major objective of understanding social order.”

8. Enlarge the list of definitions given in the text.

9. Find the right answers

Learning what is expected of us in society ROLES

How we learn first AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION

Through which we learn FAMILY

Are we playing parts? SUBCULTURE

Not a whole culture SOCIALISATION

This is part of socialisation for some CULTURE

An agent of socialization DEVIANCE

The way of life of a group RELIGION

Breaking the rules PRIMARY SOCIALISATION