AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192
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Revise: Crime and deviance key termsPushing into a queue usually breaks an unwritten rule rather than criminal law. An act can also break the law while gaining approval within a particular group.
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GCSE Sociology · key term
A social convention learned through socialisation and experience rather than formally documented.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Crime and deviance key termsPushing into a queue usually breaks an unwritten rule rather than criminal law. An act can also break the law while gaining approval within a particular group.
Component 2
An expectation of behaviour understood by a social group without being formally recorded as a rule or law.
For an example of an unwritten rule, identify the expected behaviour and explain how other people's reactions encourage conformity.
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Informal social control operates through everyday interactions and social pressure. It usually concerns unwritten rules: expectations people understand even though they are not formally recorded or enforced through an official procedure.