Social Control

Question 1

Definition of social control

Answer 1

Social control is defined as the control that a society (majority) excerts upon the individual (minority) in it. This issue relates to how psychological findings and themes can be exploited, with good or bad intentions, to change people’s behaviour

Question 2

Social Control

social approach

Answer 2

Benefit:
- research findings eg Sherif - SOG = reduce prejudice
- Therefore eg bring ethnic groups together to common goal of reducing climate change, reducing racially driven prejudic = peaceful society

Drawback:
- militant groups exploit sherifs findings - create hostility through emphasising wealth, status and power
- Therefore conflict and predjucide behaviour encouraged through social manipulation and control

Question 3

Social Control

Learning approach

Answer 3

Drawbacks:
- psychological therapies eg flooding - AO1 CC
- Therefore shouldnt be used - manipulates behaviour causing distress and poss psych harm

However:
- patients opt for it and give permission
- also other therapies using CC - eg SD - AO1
- Therefore form of constrol but patient leads therapy = ethical and this form benefits = treats phobias

Question 4

Social Control

Biological Approach

Answer 4

Drawbacks:
- knowledge about role of bio factors eg agg and addiction - knowledge cause behaviour = predict development of what traits
- Therefore labelling violent = unfair treat and social control through monitoring/therapy - if unnessasry = unethical

However:
- such traits seen from psych research eg raine (AO1)
- therefore monotor and therapy (social control) = beneft society and individual by keeping out of situations = trigger agg behaviour

Question 5

Social Control

Clinical

Answer 5

Drawbacks:
- drugs chem straight jacket - not given options and incapable of question doctors/treatment (vul patients) = social control
- therefore may benefit but involuntary, doctor has power over patient - vul = no proper consent = morally and ethically wrong
- similarly medication can be to sedate patients for quite life of caregivers = abuse patients rights and social control = not for the benefit of the individual