Social Dominance Theory

Social control revolves around why people conform or break social norms in society by exploring macro-sociological and micro-sociological perspectives. Macro-sociological perspective studies the formal system such as groups, laws, and enforcement that prohibit bad behavior. While the micro-sociological focuses on an individual’s internal belief, values and self-controls. For example, social control believes forces such as family, friends, religion, and moral beliefs regulate human behavior and…

Travis Hirschi’s theory of social control compared to classical criminology, Durkheim's theory, and Merton’s theory. Social control theory examines delinquency, and how “Delinquent acts result when an individual’s bond to society is weak or broken” (Hirschi, 2014, p. 231). He argues that delinquency is not subjected to one certain group, but anyone can become delinquent. Criminality is created through the social bonds that are broken or weakened during youth, the four elements of the social…

in the novel The Outsiders that connect to the theory of Social Exchange, however, the four fights between the Greasers and the Socs adequately describe how each member must evaluate the costs and rewards before deciding whether or not to take part in an altercation. More importantly, these fights raise the question whether or not being a Greaser or Soc is worth the price of potentially being killed. The first altercation is a simple example of Social Exchange, Ponyboy is walking home alone from…

having to restrict myself to schools close to where I grew up. After reflecting on my path to higher education, I will now demonstrate how principles associated with life course theory, as well as exchange theory, had a large hand in my decision to attend university. So how exactly do the life course and social exchange theory intertwine with my life? There are two of the principles from Elder et al.’s article for which I partially credit my success. The principle of agency, which looks at an…

Humans thrive to fulfill their desires and needs. Anomie theory and Social Bonding theory provide very different explanations of why people commit or do not commit crimes and how humans function. Robert Merton focused on Anomie theory, also known as Strain theory, which focused on how American culture defines monetary success as a predominant cultural goal to which all its citizens should aspire (Walsh 147). Anomie is a term meaning “lacking in rules” or “normlessness” used by Durkheim to…

student in Mr. Baer’s class whom is showing various characteristics that are out of the norm for her. This paper will go into detail on five different questions that relate to Annie’s behavior and will apply a theory to the current situation. Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory relates to the idea that cognition has a major effect on how we behave and act. Bandura believed that our behavior and actions were influenced from influences that came from our environments at home,…

physiological effects, health problems, emotional consequences, behavioral problems, cognitive development, and social adjustment (Adams, 2006). This means that children can have eating problems, sleeping problems, higher levels of shame, feelings of fear, sadness, anger, and powerlessness, poorer verbal skills and abilities, difficulty concentrating in class, and difficulty in social development with peers, caregivers, and/or romantic partners. Many other studies prove the same. “Wolf and…

David Letterman confessed that he had sex with the female staff who work on his show. The Social Exchange Theory can help explain why he confessed the way he did concerning this issue. According to our text, “we make decisions about and engage in behaviors we expect to be rewarding” (pg. 378). The Social Exchange Theory, in short, explains and predicts. Furthermore, it explains why people tend to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs. For Letterman, he decided to confess this way…

Operant Conditioning Theory (Operant Conditioning) – Callum Arnold The Operant conditioning theory is an example of a connectionist theory of learning, relying upon the connection between a stimulus and a response. These may also be known as a S-R theories. This theory states that we become conditioned to give a particular response to a particular stimulus; that we have learned to act in a certain way given a certain stimulus. The likelihood of the response is dependent upon the strength of the…

Social Disorganization Theory It was in the 1920s that the industrial revolution finally took a full hold in the United States and having completely changed the industrial landscape. As a result, cities across the country were growing exponentially. As a result, many people that lived in rural areas moved to the cities to look for opportunities. The booming cities also attracted shiploads of immigrants from Europe looking to escape harsh economic conditions and persecution inflicted upon them.…