'''Sociology''' is the study of [[social rule]]s and [[process]]es that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of [[association]]s, [[Group (sociology)|groups]], and [[institution]]s.
A typical textbook definition of sociology calls it the study of the social lives of humans, groups and [[society|societies]]. Sociology is interested in our behavior as social beings; thus the sociological field of interest ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous [[individual]]s on the street to the study of [[globalisation|global social processes]].