COMPARISION BETWEEN

SOCIOLOGY AND
ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPOLOGY

thesciencethatdealswiththeorigins,ph
ysical
andculturaldevelopment,biological
characteristics,andsocialcustomsandb
eliefs of humankind.

SIMILARITIES

Sociology and anthropology both study

human society, how societies are
organized and how humans interact and
behave within them.
Both fields rejects arguments that are
solely based on human nature as the sole
or overriding causative factor in a
situation.
Sociology and anthropology are also
highly understanding of the fact that
some aspects of human life and society
cannot be studied in the ways as dictated

Both fields consider that some aspects of

human behavior, culture and action may
have nothing to do with the group or
society as a whole.
They both have study societies,
communities and culture and their
subsequent institutions, norms and
practices.
They are both disciplines under the
category of social sciences.

DISSIMILARITIES
SOCIOLOGY

Sociology deals with the

society.
Sociology basically focus
on a group or a society.
Sociology is based on a
present concept of a
society or a group.
Sociology uses
quantitative and
qualitative data.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology deals
with the culture.

Anthropology is the
study of man in his
entirety.

Anthropology is much
more based on history.

Anthropology uses
only qualitative data.

Sociology studies
areas like social
class, social
stratification, social
mobility, law etc
Sociology
traditionally
focused on western
societies.

Anthropology
studies areas like
art gender,
language and
religion.
Anthropology
traditionally
focused on nonwestern societies.