Classic Studies Use Of Psychology In Social Control

Question 1

Sherif et al

Answer 1

• superordinate goals to reduce conflicts
• create competition to produce conflict and prejudice
• left wing politics and communism
• however could exploit to create hostility

Question 2

Baddeley

Answer 2

• about the encoding and processing of memory but not involved on how people behave in society
• control how we learn in schools and what we are taught

Question 3

Raine et al

Answer 3

• showed people are predisposed to aggression
• use results to control perception of abnormality and control mandatory care
• control brain scans to prevent possible violence
• however could control potential labels

Question 4

Watson and Rayner

Answer 4

• conditioning of fear can be used by individuals in power
• can be used in aversion therapies but also conversion
• used by advertising companies to associate feelings with products
• induce fear to increase obedience

Question 5

Rosenhan

Answer 5

• diagnostic labels and stigmatisation lead to social marginalisation
• social norms formed and control of people needing to fit into the constructs so as not to deviate from
• psychiatric diagnosis can be subjective, social control can silence those who challenge the current status