Sociology is the study of people and thier relationships and behavior in groups. Sociology studies how and why people of certain groups possess certain characteristics. Sociologists feel that human behavior possesses truths that can be discovered. They also study defferent types of groups stemming from the largest, a society, to smaller groups such as religions and cultures. To make these discoveries, sociologists develop theories. These theories are generalizations that include two mahor classifications, Large or Grand theories and small or partial theories. These theories are developed to explain different types of behavior in derrenct settings. large theories ty to e