AC2.1

Question 1

What is social control?

Answer 1

Social control involves forms of pressures to persuade/compel members of a society to conform to the rules. It refers to any technique or strategy for preventing criminal or deviant behaviour in society.

Question 2

What are the 2 forms of social control?

Answer 2

1) Internal

2) External

Question 3

What are internal forms of social control?

Answer 3

• forms of control which are inside ourselves

- regulate our own behaviour in keeping with the rules of society.

Question 4

What are the types of internal social control?

Answer 4

1) Conscience
2) Rational Ideology
3) Tradition, Upbringing and Religion
4) Internalisation of Social Rules and Morality

Question 5

Explain ‘conscience’ as a form of internal social control.

Answer 5

• referred to as ‘moral compass’
• feelings that tell you what is right or wrong
• people make decisions based on these feelings

Question 6

Explain ‘rational ideology’ as a form of internal social control.

Answer 6

• using intelligence to decide what to do

- person uses what they know about social norms to make decision on how to act

Question 7

Explain ‘internalisation of social rules and morality’ as a form of internal social control.

Answer 7

• when a person knows what is right or wrong based upon social values
• the knowledge of social values guides their decisions

Question 8

What are external forms of social control?

Answer 8

• forms of control which are outside of our control
• external pressures to persuade or compel members to conform to rules and expectations
• exist because internal forms of social control don’t always work