Terms Related to Formal Social Control

• Informal Social Control

  Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.

• Social Science

  Disciplines concerned with the interrelationships of individuals in a social environment including social organizations and institutions. Includes Sociology and Anthropology.

• Social Power

  The exertion of a strong influence or control over others in a variety of settings–administrative, social, academic, etc.

• Social Planning

  Interactional process combining investigation, discussion, and agreement by a number of people in the preparation and carrying out of a program to ameliorate conditions of …

• Social Impact

  Social process whereby the values, attitudes, or institutions of society, such as education, family, religion, and industry become modified. It includes both the natural process …