AC 2.1 Explain Forms Of Social Control (Internal)

Question 1

define social control

Answer 1

where organisations/bodies of people put into place rules or regulations for people to follow, to ensure society runs smoothly by preventing criminal and deviant behaviour

Question 2

what are 4 types of social control

Answer 2

-internal
-external
-informal
-formal

Question 3

what’s formal social control

Answer 3

carried out by authorities organisations and bodies such as police officers, courts and workplaces

Question 4

what’s informal social control

Answer 4

exercised by society without stating any rules or laws, through norms and customs such as through shame, criticism and ridicule etc

Question 5

define internal social control

Answer 5

control over our behaviour from within ourselves, through our personalise and values etc

Question 6

define external control

Answer 6

controls over our behaviour through social agencies, such as education and family etc

Question 7

what’s 3 types of internal social control

Answer 7

-superego/moral conscience
-traditions/religion
-rational ideology

Question 8

how is our moral conscience/superego an example of internal social control

Answer 8

Freud’s psychodynamic theory argues our conscience is a result of, Id, Ego and Superego
these are controls over our own behaviour, they lead us to conform to rules of society because we feel it’s the right thing to do (moral compass) - our superego tells us it’s right

Question 9

which parts of our Id, superego and Ego is our moral conscience

Answer 9

superego

Question 10

what reigns in our superego

Answer 10

our ego

Question 11

which is the selfish part of our personality

Answer 11

the id

Question 12

how is tradition and culture an example of internal social control

Answer 12

our own customs and traditions may make us law abiding, if we haven’t been brought up and socialised that certain acts are wrong we might not realise breaking the law is bad

Question 13

why do we tend to conform to norms in society

Answer 13

because we don’t want to be rejected by our social group

Question 14

what’s rational ideology

Answer 14

reasonable or logical ideas or beliefs to achieve social control

Question 15

how is rational ideology an example of internal social control

Answer 15

rational ideology relates to the fact we know right from wrong and our moral conscience, worry or guilt about parking in a ferguson action may guide us to being law abiding