01:920:101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Control, Social Inequality, Economic System
14 Dec 2015
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Suggested review guidelines for 2nd midterm formal vs informal control. Social control is all collective efforts conformity to the norms. Informal social control is direct social pressure from those around us. Can apply local knowledge and standards and allows for collective participation. Many follow reintegration and it is based on and works through relationships. Formal social control is the activities by specialists and specialized organizations devoted to ensuring conformity to the norms. There are some rules and standards to which people can be held accountable and having a third party involved may depersonalize conflicts. explanation of conformity according to social control theories. People conform when there are more rewards and less risk of loss attached to conformity. Conformity depends on the strength of the social bonds between an individual and group conformity and the case of japan. Principle of dependence: the more dependent members are on a group, the more they conform to group norms.
