Sociology

Social science is the study of human society and individual interaction of human to the society.  In academic scholarships, social science refers to various fields concerned with human society. It involves all other fields that are not covered in natural science. This study is facilitated by scientific disciplines such as anthropology, history, sociology, economics, psychology and political science. Each of the disciplines has a role to the science. Social science is broad as is incorporates any cultural or social aspect of human behavior. Research shows that religious and legal systems are also part of the social science.  Social science used to refer to the science of the society. ( Hunt and Colander, 2008, p. 5).

What are its main concerns
Social science is concerned with the society and the human behavior. It is concerned with changing human life through changes in social life. Each of its various disciplines has a way influencing these changes. Anthropology defines the human biology and humanities. In humanities it seeks understanding of particular events and individuals through existing literature history or tradition. Research shows that just like natural science, social science attempts to understand social phenomenon using different scientific methods.

Anthropology is concerned with the holistic account of human and his nature. Anthropologists are driven by holism to study details of certain individuals. To achieve this, they combine archaeological, biogenetic and linguistic data with the observations made from contemporary customs.  

In economics, social science is concerned with analyzing and describing how wealth is produced, distributed and consumed by human in the society.

Through education as its discipline, social science aims at teaching and learning skills, developing wisdom and imparting knowledge.

Using geography, social science educates on how the environment in which individuals live was developed, how it is managed and the impact of the human activities.
 Using historical materials and literature, social science reveals useful information of the past. (Trigg 2001, p. 67).

How does it make sense of the world
Anthropology developed as a science in the western and has played a major role in complex industrialization thus enabling people from different social background to live together. The study made by anthropologists enable individuals to clarify the constituents of particular cultures, giving them chances to know where a certain cultures starts and ends.

Using social science, economists analyses human behavior, and sort out economic problems by eliminating alternative uses and scarcity.

Through education human make positive judgment. Education is used world wide to pass information from one generation to the other, and in socializing.

Using the revealed historical information the world can take its place comparing where it was then and where it is today.

Political science is concerned with the practice and theory of politics, description and analysis of political behavior and political system. It is also concerned with international relations with regard to both superpowers and great powers. This means that the study of social science educates individuals on the political and historical revolution of various countries and nations across the world.
Sociology helps in understanding the human social action and the world.

How is it useful for everyday
Historians use the historical methods to research and write history, which in turn is used to educate generations of human race. From this history people learn about the past, make comparison with the present and try to make changes for better lifestyles. Without social science a lot of past information could not be known making it hard to            analyze the evolution of the society. The historical information from archives is used by academic scholar. The discipline also enables individuals to respect nature, give it the best in order to get the best from it in turn.

Psychology equips individuals with the knowledge to control and manage a wide range of human activities such as problems encountered by individuals in their daily lives. Other disciplines in social science creates descriptive generization of social groups functioning, or human behavior on specific function, unlike psychology  which is concerned with explanatory description of mental function and individuals overt behavior.

Sociologists use diverse research methods such as historical researches, case studies, social networks and interviews among others to draw critical theory or empirical techniques. The results of theses researches are used by administrators, lawmakers, educators and all other interested individual in formulating public policies and solving social problems. The formulated policies give guidelines on what is expected from each individual for peaceful living. Clearly formulated public policies limit social problem.

Social science gives individuals knowledge on how to make wealth. Wealth is part of daily living. Every individual works hard to meet basic needs and to subsequently make wealth. The science ensures that individuals have idea on how to produce, distribute and consume commodities and services. Lack of this knowledge means inability to produce, distribute and or consume commodities and services.
Social science helps individuals to view all human cultures as one evolving culture. This makes people with different cultures to comfortably live the society.

Education eliminates ignorance and enhances good relationship between individuals in a society. It gives communication skills and enlightens individuals on what is expected of them by others and the society itself. Ignorance is one of the major drawback of growth and development of a society (Williams, 1930, p. 82).

The knowledge on how the environment was developed, and on how it should be managed and our impact on it helps individual to take care of the environment. For example knowing that cutting trees encourages soil erosion, and planting more trees   brings rainfall, more trees will be planted, as a way of taking care of the environment and subsequent growth and development of the society.
According to economists, all human wants are not satisfied due to the scarcity of the resources. This encourages individuals to work hard to increase resources so as to satisfy human needs.

How does an individual relate to the society
Individuals in a society and the society its self supports each others growth and
development. The society keeps evolving to enhance growth of individuals potential. It fosters the growth and development of all individuals living in it. It also supports individual recognition, and empowers individuals economically and socially, ensuring individual fulfillment. As the society continually supports individual fulfillment, the individuals in turn supports its growth and development economically, psychologically, spiritually and culturally. Individuals self fulfillment is entirely based on the ability of the society to overcome its division. This means that a society free from diseases, poverty, war and conflict has a greater chance of fulfilling the individuals. The society creates a large scope of possibilities for individuals. When an individual is born in a certain society, he or she meets influences, values and institutions of the society, and he is expected to function within them. When the society actively supports psychological happiness of an individual, health prosperity and personal development, it means it is actively enhancing its own evolution.

People with different backgrounds and character traits live together in a common society. This means that a lot is required for people with different characters traits to live together giving the best to each other and to the society. Social science equips individuals with knowledge on how to relate with each other and the society. Since both the society and individuals requires each other to grow and develop individuals in the society need to give the best to the society in order to receive the best. This means that the society is constantly and consistently shaped and molded by what individuals give.

A society supports individuals talents. When the talents are well supported, they accomplish, but in most cases the rewards of the talents go to the society rather than back to the talent. For any individual to achieve anything, the society needs to have achieved it earlier.  It is the duty of the individuals in the society to learn and understand social science in order to relate well with the society, since good individual-society relationship mean individual self-fulfillment, and society growth and development.