social control

Question 1

how can sherif be socially controlling

Answer 1

-media or government may create divisions using identity theory to create conflict
-may use superordinate goals to reduce prejudice between groups by creating mutually beneficial goals like world cup
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Question 2

how is sherif not socially controlling

Answer 2

-sample mall
-all male
-ethnocentric
so cant control society on a wide scale as the sample doesn’t represent society

Question 3

how can baddeley be socially controlling

Answer 3

-influences how students are taught to revise
-influential with dementia patients and how information is presented at them

Question 4

how is baddeley not socially controlling

Answer 4

low ecological validity so any aspects of social control may not apply in real life

Question 5

how is raine socially controlling

Answer 5

-identifying potential criminals through brain scanning techniques which could lead to prevention of crimes like murder

Question 6

how is raine not socially controlling

Answer 6

-this brain scanning entire population is unrealistic
-sample lacks generalisability so screening may not be useful in the population

Question 7

how is watson and rayner socially controlling

Answer 7

-phobias treated with systematic desensitisation
-advertising can be considered a form of classical conditioning through association of buying a product having positive outcomes to encourage people to buy

Question 8

how is watson and rayner not socially controlling

Answer 8

-only used sample of one 11 month old boy so cant be used to control wider society
-alberts mother withdrew him from the study so his fear of rats cannot be tested to see if it could be extinguished so negative forms of social control may not be long lasting