Deviance and Social Control Sociology Chapter 7 8 I Social control The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society a Conformity going along with peers who have no special right to direct behavior b Obedience compliance with higher authorities in an hierarchical structure c Sanctions penalties or rewards for conduct concerning a social norm i Formal example jail sentences fines ii Informal fear ridicule II Milgram Experiment a Experimenter instructed people to administer increasingly painful electric shock to a subject i teachers would tell learners what to do to the subject ii Mild shock 15 volts iii iv Danger severe shock 450 volts v Results 2 3 of participants fell into category of obedient subject Intense shock 350 volts followed instructions and administered highest shock vi 73 were women vii 65 were men Impact of Experiment b i In modern world we are accustomed to following instructions to people of a higher authority regardless of morality III Deviance exhibiting behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group society a Example alcoholics compulsive gamblers mentally ill b Differ based on culture U S body image is highly criticized Stratification and Social Mobility in the United States I II Social inequality describes a condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth prestige or power Stratification when a system of social inequality is based on a hierarchy of groups
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