The task of sociology is to study what?

• A. Shared products of a human group
• B. Biological processes
• C. Economic transactions
• D. Individual preferences

Answer: (A)

Sociology focuses on how people live together in groups and create things that are shared across that group. It looks at social life, patterns, norms, institutions, and cultural artifacts that arise when people interact and coordinate with one another. The correct choice captures this emphasis on the shared outputs of a community—things like language, laws, customs, organizations, and other products produced by collective life. The other options point to areas outside sociology: biological processes belong to the natural sciences, economic transactions to economics, and individual preferences to psychology or personal decision-making. So the study of shared products of a human group best describes sociology.