Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nudity, Kindergarten, Homicide
10 Dec 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Forms: social control: the methods use by members of society to maintain social order and promotes predictability of behaviour, informal (ex. gossip, embarrassment, criticism) Not enforced by an official group: formal. Instituted by the state: enforced to obey the norms. Legalization: process in which norms change from illegal to legal: (ex. churches, universities, moving from the social to the legal, not all norms become laws. Stable vs. unstable society: individuals are willing to obey the law, they feel obligated rather than fear or coercion, the respect of social norms. Socialization we learn as children how to obey the norms within a society (ex. telling a kid to behave rewarded if you listen, punished if you don"t) Kindergarten isn"t about getting an education, its about learning the norms and conformity. You have to be socially bonded to institutions. Family, religion, media, law, education: interrelated process. Motivated to conform: control through external pressures. Conforming regardless of external pressure: internalization of group norms.
