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 reaffirms the boundaries of acceptable behavior. Second, and less recognized, it regulates the manner in which deviants are treated.

　　1. Social control refers to processes by which ____.

　　A. norms are developed

　　B. norms are enforced

　　C. people are educated and trained

　　D. people are rewarded and punished

　　2. Every society has its own ____.

　　A. planned systems

　　B. controlled norms

　　C. recognized boundary

　　D. established sanctions

　　3. Informal mechanisms of social control include the following EXCEPT ____.

　　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

　　4. The most powerful protection against deviance is ____.

　　A. negative sanctions

　　B. severe punishments

　　C. the individual’s conscience

　　D. unrestrained suppression

　　5. Formal agents of social control include the following EXCEPT ____.

　　A. police stations

　　B. mental hospitals

　　C. welfare agencies

　　D. vocational schools

　　6. The purpose of formal agents is to ____.

　　A. make beneficial rules

　　B. preserve social orders

　　C. control violation of norms

　　D. define acceptable behavior

　　7. Which statement about social control agents is NOT true?

　　A. They tend to serve the interest of those who enforce the norms.

　　B. They tend to serve the interest of those who receive a benefit.

　　C. They tend to serve the interest of those who make the rules.

　　D. They tend to serve the interest of those who are powerful.

　　8. According to conflict theorists, social control agents and systems are ____.

　　A. liberal

　　B. partial

　　C. neutral

　　D. overall

　　9. In the third paragraph, “a dual function” refers to ____.

　　A. formal and informal

　　B. rewards and penalities

　　C. approval and disapproval

　　D. clarification and regulation

　　10. The perspective from which the author discusses social control is ____.

　　A. biological B. sociological C. psychological D. anthropological

　　參考答案： 1-5 BADCD 6-10 CBBDB

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