internal forms of social control

• What are internal forms of social control?

  controls our behaviour which comes from within ourselves. Also known as self-control which leads us to conform to society's rules
• what are some internal forms of social control?

  tradition and culture, rational ideology, internalisation of social rules
• What is a theory that can be linked with internal forms of social control?

  Freud's psychoanalytical theory
• How does Freud's theory links with this form?

  our superego tells us what is right or wrong and inflicts feelings of guilt on us if we fail to meet its urges, which is why we conform to society's expectations and obey rules
• What is tradition and culture?

  refers to the culture we belong to becomes part of us through socialisation. The norms and tradition become part of our identity e.g: Saint David's Day
• What is rational ideology?

  we internalise social rules and used them to tell us what is right or wrong enabeling us to keep within the law e.g: knowing that being violent with others is wrong
• What is internalisation of social rules?

  the traditions we follow that become part of our personality which are influenced by external factors, for example queue jumping is wrong