Consists of different ways and agents in order to make members of society conform to norms and values.

• A. Social Construction
• B. Role
• C. Social Control
• D. Sex

Answer: (C)

Social control is the set of methods and institutions that ensure people follow a society’s norms and values. It includes both formal mechanisms like laws and penalties and informal ones like praise, gossip, and parental or peer pressure. The agents involved—family, schools, religions, media, police, and other social institutions—work together to shape behavior and maintain social order. The other terms don’t fit as well: social construction deals with how knowledge and reality are created through social processes; a role is about expected behavior for a person in a particular position; sex refers to biological differences. So the description best matches social control because it emphasizes the different ways and agents used to promote conformity to norms and values.