RELATION BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Psycologist Abraham Maslow in 1943 posited the human have a hierarchy of
needs and it makes sense to fulfill the basic need first like air,water e.t.c before
higher order need can be met.

          Psychology is the science of  mental process or mind.It studies particularly teh human experiences and the behaviour.Social psychology  os one of the subdivisions of sociology,which is the combinations of psychology and sociology.Sociology and psychology are both involved in solvimg the exist social problems.Sociology helps psychology and psycology helps sociology.Thus,they are interelated in many respects .Besides social psychology studies individuals social behaviour.Social psychology serves the bridge between psychology and sociology.It deals with mental process of man considering him as a social bieng.
               Humanistic psychology was developed in the 1950s in reaction to both behaviorism and psychoanalysis.By using phenomenology, intersubjectivity and first-person categories, the humanistic approach sought to glimpse the whole person not just the fragmented parts of the personality or cognitive functioning.Humanism focused on fundamentally and uniquely human issues, such as individual free will, personal growth, self-actualization, self-identity, death, aloneness, freedom, and meaning. The humanistic approach was distinguished by its emphasis on subjective meaning, rejection of determinism, and concern for positive growth rather than pathology.[citation needed] Some of the founders of the humanistic school of thought were American psychologists Abraham Maslow, who formulated a hierarchy of human needs, and Carl Rogers, who created and developed client-centered therapy. Later, positive psychology opened up humanistic themes to scientific modes of exploration.


             DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Social psychology studies the nature and causes of
social  behaviour

• Sociology studies the individuals and psychology studies the personality
• Psychology is often defined as the science of mental process whereas sociology is the science of society.
• Sociology is general study while psychology is focused in particular studies of man ,mental activities and his basic behaviour.The main differences lies in the approaches of the two sciences.Sociology consider many factors responsible for human behaviour while psychology  likes to investigate  those mental and psychological facts in an action that have caused it.