Question

Janet is visiting her childhood friend in the Hamptons. Janet wears ripped jeans and Chuck Taylors to an infamous "White" party. The majority of party-goers refuse to socialize with her. Janet is experiencing a form of ____.

Select one:
a. Formal sanction
b. Xenocentricism
c. Social control
d. Ethnocentricity

Answer 1

Social control

Explanation:

Social control is related to stop the behavior that is against the law of social norms. All society has its own rules and regulation. There are two types of norms informal norms and formal norms. Informal society control norms are those norms that control violent informal behavior.

The formal society control norms are used to control the behavior that violates the formal norms. It is not perfect in ways as some people always exist in the society who violates the norms of the society.

There is some antisocial personality that exists in society who violates the norms of society. Thus in the above statement, Jane faces social control at the party.