Social work deals with human behavior on a micro-scale, compared to the macro-scale
study of human behavior that is involved in Sociology. Social workers are more practical
and “handstion”. They deal with human behavior on a person to person, individual basis
compared to the more academically based sociologists who are more theory-oriented and
study human behavior as a whole.
Psychologists try to understand the working of the human mind (thoughts, emotions,
principles, experience) and how this affects ones behavior. It is a separate discipline from
Sociology but does assists sociologists in explaining some sociological processes.
Sociology can also help in explaining some of the aspects of Psychology, for example:
how ones social environment (sociology) influenced his principles and beliefs
(psychology).
Political Science can be regarded as a branch of Sociology; dealing mainly with the
political aspects of Sociology. Sociology covers politics in society but Political Science is
more in-depth.Economics can be considered to be a highly complex branch of Sociology
making it difficult to identify a relationship between the two without having knowledge of
both disciplines. Economics focuses on wealth, trade, consumption behavior patterns, et