Unit 4- AC2.1

Question 1

What are the three types of social control?

Answer 1

• Internal social control
• External social control
• Control theory

Question 2

What is social control?

Answer 2

Persuading people to conform to societies norms, laws and expectations.

Question 3

What is internal social control?

Answer 3

Control of behaviour from within

Question 4

What is part of Freud’s tripartite principle?

Answer 4

• Id (pleasure principle)
• Superego (morality principle)
• Ego (reality principle)

Question 5

How does superego maintain social control?

Answer 5

Provides morals within our norms, laws and expectations. When broken, we feel guilty .

Question 6

How does tradition and culture maintain social control?

Answer 6

When we belong to a culture, it becomes internal through socialisation. We accepts its norms, traditions and values as part of our identity. As they are now our own views, we will not break them.

Question 7

What is an example of social control in tradition and cultures?

Answer 7

’ You shall not kill’ and ‘you shall not steal’.
Part of the ten commandments

Question 8

How does internalisation of social rules and morality maintain social control?

Answer 8

Base what is wrong and right off social values, internalising our own social rules.
Forms part of our conscience so we feel guilty if we break them. This rational ideology

Question 9

What is an example of internalisation of social rules and morality maintaining social control?

Answer 9

Being punished for hurting someone

Question 10

What is external social control?

Answer 10

Agencies that ensure we conform to its expectations. They impose rules that are followed due to positive and negative sanctions

Question 11

What is skinners operant conditioning?

Answer 11

Part of external social control
States punishments deter undesired behaviour and rewards encourage acceptable behaviour.

Question 12

What is coercion and what social control is it under?

Answer 12

External social control.
Use of threat or force to make someone do something. Maintains social control as the threat of punishment makes individuals follow the rules.
Physical- Imprisonment
Non-physical- Strike

Question 13

What is the control theory?

Answer 13

Travis Hirschi states people conform because they are controlled by their bonds to society. Delinquent acts occur when an individuals bonds are weakened

Question 14

What are the four bonds to society?

Answer 14

• Attachment
• Belief
• Commitment
• Parental involvement

Question 15

Explain attachment as a bond to society

Answer 15

If you commit a crime, it could stand in the way of achieving goals

Question 16

Explain belief as a bond to society

Answer 16

If a person is socialised into a community with shared values, they will be committed to the norms and beliefs of that community. Common belief crime is wrong.

Question 17

Explain commitment as a bond to society.

Answer 17

Less opportunity to commit crime if they are involved in their local community.

Question 18

Explain parental involvement as a bond to society

Answer 18

Gottfredson and Hirschi argued poor socialisation and absent parent discipline increase chances of delinquency.
Riley and Shaw found lack of parental supervision is a factor in delinquency.