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GCSE Sociology · key term
Control through everyday relationships, unwritten expectations and social reactions such as approval or disapproval.
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Control exercised through everyday social reactions, such as approval, ridicule or exclusion, usually enforcing unwritten expectations.
Revise: Social Control MethodsInformal social control works through everyday relationships and reactions, usually enforcing unwritten rules. Friends may ridicule someone, relatives may express disappointment, or a group may exclude a member. Praise, approval and inclusion can reward behaviour the group welcomes.
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The regulation of behaviour through everyday relationships, social pressure and people's approval or disapproval.
Informal social control operates through everyday relationships and social pressure, rather than official enforcement. It usually supports unwritten expectations about acceptable behaviour. Much of daily life is regulated this way: people do not need a police officer present to encourage them to behave considerately towards others.
The regulation of behaviour through everyday interactions, social pressure and approval or disapproval, usually based on unwritten expectations.
