1. Social Controls and Sanctions

2. Learning Target
Today I will define and identify examples of controls and sanctions
So I can understand how society and groups maintain stability
I’ll know I have it when I can give examples of each and explain how they maintain stability.

3. Social Control (pg. 182):
“ways to encourage conformity to societies norms” Internal: Internalizing social norms, when you do or don’t do something because you know it is the right thing to do. External: Rewards and punishments to help keep stability when people do not conform to internal socialization
Internal- not stealing, telling the truth etc.
External- allowance, promotions, prison etc. for those who do not conform through internal socialization. Help to keep stability.

4. Talk with your partner, write down 3 internal and external social controls you may have/display?
Some examples may be

5. Social Sanctions (pg. 183):
Are rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms.
Social Sanctions are part of external social controls, these may be formal or informal. In other words, they may be official (prison) or casual everyday gestures (compliment) .
Sanctions can be,
Positive: Encourage conformity
Negative: Intended to stop unacceptable behaviors
Social Sanctions may be formal- Prison, bad grades, official awards or informal- Gossip, teasing, compliments, smiles etc.

6. Talk with your partner, what are some positive and negative sanctions at Widefield? Are they formal or informal?

7. Exit/Practice:
Groups will be given a small poster with type of Control or Sanction. It will be numbered 1-5. The groups will have to give one example.
After about 2 minutes, students will switch posters and explain how #1(the previous groups) maintains stability within a given group.
Students will then give a new example on #2 and repeat the process. Students will do the same for each new topic. Students will need to write about something different from what is already written. Some things may overlap
Internal Social Controls: telling the truth, not stealing, please and thank you, leaving a tip, coming to class, raising hand, turning in homework etc.
External Social Controls: back to formal social controls Courts or judges, military officers, police officers, school systems or teachers, and government agencies or bureaucrats, Formal social control: Courts or judges, military officers, police officers, school systems or teachers, and government agencies or bureaucrats,
Informal social control: ridicule, sarcasm, criticism, disapproval, discrimination and exclusion
Positive Sanctions:
Negative Sanctions:
Formal social control includes written, formalized and codified statements in laws, rules, and regulations. Whereas informal control does not contain any written rules.
Formal control agencies are authorized ones created by government and informal control agencies are created by social networks and organizations but not by government.
Formal control is much effective and stronger than informal social control. Any situations which cannot be handled by informal control are subjected to formal one.
Formal control is effective for even large groups of population but informal control is effective only for a small group of people.
Internal Social Control : External Social Control: Write if formal or informal Positive Social Sanction : Negative Social Sanction :