Social Studies
Form 2
9. Social Control In
today’s society, one
can
see
the
difference in the way people are being controlled. It’s difficult to have a strict social control. In the past, people were controlled from a dictator or a monarch who has absolute power and may run the country with military power. However today society is driven from a democratic system. In a democratic society there are two types of control:
Control which is being governed by the government or any other law enforcement eg the police.
Control by society as a whole by seeing which Norms are being broken.
If individuals obey the law, they are given a Positive Sanction while those who do not obey are given a negative sanction. 1. _______________ Sanctions: A prize is given to those individuals who do something good in society. Eg a medal 2. ________________ Sanctions: A punishment is given to those who break the Norms or laws in society. (5 marks) A. Word search
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