2. 职称英语
  3. Social control refers to social processes, planned or unplanned, by which pe

Social control refers to social processes, planned or unplanned, by which pe

游客2025-01-24  37
问题     Social control refers to social processes, planned or unplanned, by which people are taught, persuaded, or forced to conform to norms. In every society, some punishments or negative sanctions are established for deviant behavior. Without deviant behavior there would not be need for social control and without social control there would not be a way of recognizing the boundary between the acceptable and the unacceptable.
    Social control may be either formal or informal. Informal mechanisms include expressions of disapproval by significant others and withholding of positive rewards for disapproved behavior. Most people internalize norms in the course of socialization. This is any group’s most powerful protection against deviance, in that the individual’s own conscience operates as an agent of social control. When informal sanctions fail, formal agents of social control may be called upon. In contemporary society, such formal agents and agencies include psychiatry and other mental health professions; mental hospitals; police and courts of law; prisons; and social welfare agencies. All these formal agents function to limit, correct, and control violation of norms. Conflict theorists would also point out that social control agents and systems tend, in any society, to serve the interests of powerful groups and to enforce the norms most beneficial to those who make the rules and who, therefore, define unacceptable behavior.
    Social control, whether formal or informal, has a dual function. First, it punishes the wrongdoer and reaff’irms the boundaries of acceptable behavior. Second, and less recognized, it regulates the manner in which deviants are treated. [br] Informal mechanisms of social control include the following EXCEPT ______.
选项 A、a high level of interest in ensuring conformity
B、expression of disapproval by significant others
C、withholding of positive rewards for the deviants
D、people’s internalization of norms in socialization
答案 A
解析 从第二段第二句Informal mechanisms include expressions of disapproval by significant others and withholding of positive rewards for disapproved behavior．我们可以排除B、C两项。根据第三句Most people internalize norms in the course of socialization．的信息可判断D项不是正确答案。第五句When informal sanctions fail, formal agents of social control may be called upon．我们可知本句前面的内容指的都是 informal的内容可以排除D项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3926224.html
相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)