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Depth Study: Social Conformity and Nonconformity
Quick questions on The focus group study in the Social Conformity and Nonconformity option of HSC Society and Culture
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The focus study should apply the option's analytical tools to the chosen group. Identify the group's norms and values, how members are socialised into them, how the group exercises social control over its own members, and how the wider society responds to the group through informal and formal control. For a nonconforming group, analyse how it challenges mainstream norms, what resistance it meets, and whether it influences social change. Mapping the group onto socialisation, social control, deviance and change demonstrates command of the option.
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