social control

Scope Note

Incentives to conformity (e.g., expectation of rewards, reciprocity, fear of social and supernatural sanctions, conscience); means of inducing conformity (e.g., example, precept, praise, rewards, warnings, threats); pressure of public opinion; informal mechanisms of social control (e.g., criticism, ridicule, gossip, cursing, sorcery, intentional silence, ostracism); incidence and effectiveness of such sanctions as compared with the application of physical force; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 620 community

Related Terms

• 153 modification of behavior
• 183 norms
• 208 public opinion
• 522 humor
• 554 status, role, and prestige
• 558 downward mobility
• 571 social relationships and groups
• 576 etiquette
• 577 ethics
• 578 ingroup antagonisms
• 754 sorcery
• 784 avoidance and taboo
• 789 magic
• 860 socialization