Forms of activity and interpersonal relations in sociology can be described as follows: first and most basic are animal-like behaviors, i.e. various physical movements of the body. Then there are actions - movements with a meaning and purpose. Then there are social behaviors, which are addressed towards other people, and social actions, which further require a response from another person. Next are social contacts, a pair of social actions, and which form the beginning of the social interactions. Social interactions in turn form the basis of the social relation. This division is illustrated by the below table: Jump to: navigation, search Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Jump to: navigation, search Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Jump to: navigation, search Behavior (or behaviour) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. ... Look up Action in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Action can be used in different contexts: Action movie Action game Action Comics, an American comic book series featuring Superman Action, a British comics anthology of the 1970s In physics, the action is a crucial concept in Lagrangian mechanics In philosophy, action... In sociology, social behaviour means a behaviour directed at other people, but one that is not designed to induce any responce. ... In sociology, social action refer to any action that takes into account actions and reactions of another individuals (real or imagined) and is modified based on those events. ... Social contact is a pair of social actions with no further consequence - i. ... Interaction is a kind of action which occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. ... Social relation can refer to a multitude of social interactions, regulated by social norms, between two or more people, with each having a social position and performing a social role. ...

Jump to: navigation, search Behavior (or behaviour) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. ... Look up Action in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Action can be used in different contexts: Action movie Action game Action Comics, an American comic book series featuring Superman Action, a British comics anthology of the 1970s In physics, the action is a crucial concept in Lagrangian mechanics In philosophy, action... In sociology, social behaviour means a behaviour directed at other people, but one that is not designed to induce any responce. ... In sociology, social action refer to any action that takes into account actions and reactions of another individuals (real or imagined) and is modified based on those events. ... Social contact is a pair of social actions with no further consequence - i. ... Interaction is a kind of action which occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. ... Social relation can refer to a multitude of social interactions, regulated by social norms, between two or more people, with each having a social position and performing a social role. ...

Reference

• Piotr Sztompka, Socjologia, Znak, 2002, ISBN 8324002189