4.2 explain how social

Question 1

what are social norms

Answer 1

specific rules or socially accepted standards about how we are expected to behave

unwritten rules that everyone in society follows

Question 2

what are values

Answer 2

general principals beliefs or guidelines about how we should live our lives

tell us right from wrong

Question 3

what are mores

Answer 3

mores are societies most important moral rules
NO INCEST

necessary for maintaining standards of decency and civilised behaviour

Question 4

list the laws that came from drink driving

Answer 4

1925 - made drunk driving an offence
1967 - road safety act, introduced blood alcohol limit
1968 - first breathalyser
1991 - if there is death while driving under influence there is a prison sentence of 5 years

Question 5

what is the race relations act

Answer 5

1965 - banned racial discrimination in public places, hate crime became an offence
1968- outlawed discrimination in areas of employment, housing and public service

this act was replaced in 2010 by the equality act

Question 6

cultural changes and LGBTQAI+ rights

Answer 6

1994 changed age age of consent to 18, then in 2000 changed to equal heterosexual sex 16

Question 7

civil partnerships

Answer 7

for same sex couples it was made in 2005 it gave legal recognition and protection.
2019 - civil partnerships were also made for heterosexual couples as an alternative to marriage.

Question 8

Same sex marriage

Answer 8

previously, marriage was defined as being between a man and a woman. This changed in england and wales in 2003 with the marriage act
Allowed same-sex couples to be married