Ways of controlling behavior imposed by people without a formal role to do (such as family, education system, media and peers).

• A. Laws
• B. Informal Social Control
• C. Global Culture
• D. Imitation

Answer: (B)

Informal social control is about how everyday groups without formal authority shape behavior through norms, expectations, and social sanctions. People like family, friends, peers, teachers, and even media influence what is considered acceptable through praise, teasing, approval, or exclusion. This kind of control operates outside laws and official rules, relying on social pressure rather than legal power. That's why it fits the description best.

Laws are formal forms of control issued by the state, not by non-official actors. Global culture refers to broad, shared ways of life across societies, not a mechanism that enforces behavior by everyday groups. Imitation describes how people learn by copying others, rather than how behavior is regulated through social sanctions.