Social control

Question 1

What is social control?

Answer 1

The term given to various methods used to PERSUADE or FORCE individuals to conform to the dominant social norms and values of a society

Question 2

What are the mechanisms of social control?

Answer 2

FORCE (formal)
PERSUADE (informal)

Question 3

What are the formal mechanisms of social control?

Answer 3

• Police
• Courts
• Governments
• Prisons
• (education/workplace)

Question 4

What are the informal mechanisms of social control?

Answer 4

• Family
• Peers
• Media
• (education/workplace)

Question 5

What are some examples of formal social control?

Answer 5

• Promotion
• MBE/Knighthood
• Certificates
• Prison sentence
• Exclusion
• Fines

Question 6

What are some examples of informal social control?

Answer 6

• House points
• Reward chart
• Applause/Smiling
• Being grounded
• Being ignored
• Phone taken away

Question 7

What do functionalists think about social control?

Answer 7

Ensures people are correctly socialised into society’s norms and values. ensures that dysfunctions are properly dealt with and social order is restored

Question 8

What do marxists think about social control?

Answer 8

If individuals deviate from ruling class values, they are severely punished by formal social control