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Which of the following statements is true regarding social control?
It refers to the means used by a society to regulate the behavior of its members.
Which sociological perspective sees social control as necessary for maintaining social order and cohesion?
Functionalists
What is informal social control?
Personal, unofficial, and uncodified
What are sanctions?
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What is deviance?
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Which sociological perspective views social control as a mechanism for dominant social classes to impose their control on the rest of society?
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What is formal social control?
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Study Notes
- Social control is a concept in sociology that refers to the means used by a society to regulate the behavior of its members.
- Different sociological perspectives have different understandings of social control.
- Functionalists see social control as necessary for maintaining social order and cohesion.
- Conflict theorists view social control as a mechanism for dominant social classes to impose their control on the rest of society.
- Social control can be formal or informal.
- Formal social control includes codified and systematic mechanisms such as law and the state.
- Informal social control is personal, unofficial, and uncodified, and includes things like body language, criticism, and ridicule.
- Sanctions are rewards or punishments that reinforce socially expected behavior.
- Deviance refers to behavior that does not conform to the norms or values of a society or group.
- Ideas of deviance are variable and can change over time.
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