SOCI-100 Final: final exam practice questions
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The social values that are present in individuals are products of informal social control. It is exercised by a society without explicitly stating these rules and is expressed through customs, norms, and mores. Informal sanctions may include shame, ridicule, sarcasm, criticism, and disapproval, or dirty looks. Formal social controls are explicitly expressed by the group: for example, these include laws against drinking and driving, enforcement of speeding laws via tickets and radar. Formal social control is implemented by authorized agents including police officers, employers, military officers, and others. Some of the differences of formal and informal social control are: Formal social control includes written, formalized and codified statements in laws, rules, and regulations. Whereas informal control does not contain any written rules. Formal control agencies are authorized ones created by government and informal control agencies are created by social networks and organizations but not by government. Formal control is much effective and stronger than informal social control.
