Download Social Control exam questions 2016

Possible exam questions: Social Control (there could be others!!)
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Describe what is meant by social control. (2 marks)
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Describe the use of drug therapy as a means of social control. (4 marks)
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Describe one issue of social control you have studied (6 marks)
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Evaluate one other issue in terms of practical and ethical implications (6 marks)
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Outline one example of social control from the learning approach. (5 marks)
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Assess the ethical issues (could ask for practical issues instead) associated with
psychology and its ability to control society. (6 marks)
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Assess both ethical and practical considerations of using drug therapy as a
treatment. (8 marks)
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What are two practical problems with a token economy programme? (4 marks)
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Explain how a token economy programme could be said to be a form of social
control. (4 marks)
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Describe issues of social control relating to use of psychological knowledge (Drug
therapy, TEP, classical conditioning, effect of practitioner) (4 marks)
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Assess each of these topics (Drug therapy, TEP, classical conditioning, effect of
practitioner) in terms of both ethical (4 marks for each topic) and practical (4
marks for each topic) issues raised by social control.
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Outline two ways that classical conditioning principles have been used as
treatments or therapies. (6 marks)
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Explain one ethical and one practical problem with regard to using classical
conditioning principles as therapy. (4 marks)
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Discuss two ways in which the knowledge gained from psychological research
might be used to control human behaviour. (could be worth any number of marks)
*words underlined could be substituted for others!
Freud developed psychoanalysis, a therapy designed to treat patients with psychological issues. Today
there are many other treatments/therapies available to help people. Treatments can be seen as forms
of social control.
Assess both the practical and ethical implications of the social control exerted by those who
provide treatment/therapy. (6 marks)
a)
b)