Trait-based personality theories, such as those defined by Raymond Cattell define personality as the traits that predict a person's behavior. On the other hand, more behaviorally based approaches define personality through learning and habits.
This was one year after the first department of sociology was established at the University of Chicago. In 1919, a separate School of Sociology was created, and in 1930, the present Department of Sociology came into being. Following World War II, the department, along with the university as a whole, expanded rapidly. Before World War II the department had a masterâs program from which a handful of students had graduated.
Sociology is part of the social sciences that aims at answering questions as to why and how we group together to form societies as well as the individual's roles within society. Sociology as an observational study has been around since approximately 400 BCE during the time of the Greeks. In fact the word sociology comes from the Latin word socius â meaning âcompanionâ and the Greek word âlogos â meaning knowledge.