WJEC Criminology exam | Questions and Correct Solutions | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+

WJEC Criminology exam | Questions and Correct Solutions | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+ Internal social control - Answer -Controls that come from within ourselves, from personalities and values, that lead us to conform to the rules of society. Moral conscience (superego) - Answer -Forms through early socialisation. Forms part of our personality, telling us right from wrong and inflicts feelings of guilt. Restrains the selfish 'animal' urges of the Id and allows us to exercise self-control. Traditions and cultures - Answer -We accept traditions and religions of the family that form part of our identity. Eg, Muslim tradition of fasting during Ramadan. Conforming to these is an important way of confirming one's identity. Internalising social rules - Answer -We internalise social rules and traditions through the process of socialisation in the family or wider social groups.Society's rules and moral codes then become our own personal rules. We use them to tell us what is right from wrong, and so we keep within the law (rational ideology). External social control - Answer -Agencies that aim to ensure we conform to its expectations and