Social Control Flashcards
Social control
Individual or group behaviour is regulated so they comply with social norms
What is formal social control?
Groups e.g. police, government, use psychological research to manipulate behaviour
What is informal social control?
Groups e.g. parents, teachers use research findings and theories to manipulate behaviour
Sherif
Superordinate goals
Causing prejudice e.g. newspapers
Dividing people into groups to cause prejudice
Baddeley
Not socially controlling
How does Raine increase formal social control? (2)
Courts can identify potential criminals through brain scanning
Government can put in place interventions to prevent serious crimes like murder
OTOH: screenings are costly and may not be available for everyone
How do Watson and Rayner increase formal social control? (4)
NHS can use classical conditioning to counter-condition a phobia from an individual (therapies)
OTOH: effectiveness of therapy is greatly reduced by patient’s willingness to engage, reducing social control
Laws are in place to stop/deter people from breaking the law as they associate breaking the law with negative consequences of prison
Government use anti-smoking pictures so people associate smoking as a negative/damaging to prevent more people smoking
Government create political ads so the public associate ‘strong and stable’ with the Prime Minister
Rosenhan
Diagnosis validity/improvement
Social
Milgram: training soldiers/making people more obedient
No cause and effect so not socially controlling
Validity issues
Not feasible: we do not do the behaviour
Poor sample = not socially controlling to a wide group
Cognitive
MSM: teachers tell people how to revise
Supporting those with dementia
IQ research - elements of certain social control
Biological
Chemical castration
Eugenics: decide who can breed and who is steralised
Learning
Conversion therapy
SLT = role models, age restrictions
OC = TEP/ABA
Clinical
Child
