University:
Liberty University
Course:
BIOM 500 | Introduction to Biomedical Sciences
Academic year:

2024
Views:

379

Pages:

5
Author:

Sheha A.

**Social Control** Social control is a concept referring to rules and restrictions that shape, supervise, and regulate the behaviors of individuals and societies. **Types** * **Informal Social Control** * Relies on strategies adopted in interpersonal relationships, such as shaming or praising someone. * **Formal Social Control** * Refers to laws and regulations enforced officially by social and political authorities. **Process of Social Control** Social control takes place when a person is forced to act according to the wishes of others and not in accordance with his own interests. **1. Group Over Group** * In every group, there are some deviations from the set norms. **The Group then uses rewards or punishments to control the behaviour of the individual.** **Group Over Its Members:** * Every social group commits errors in the process of socializing the individual. * Individuals within groups may not exactly coincide with the social expectations of his group. **Individuals Over Their Fellow Members:** * In the process of socialization, the growing child learns the value of his own group as well as that of larger society. * The individual learns ways of doing and thinking that are thought to be right and proper.