Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1363 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cultural Transmission
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The idea
Cultural transmission is the way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and norms of their culture, carried by both formal and informal education.
In practice
A new hire's onboarding teaches the written job procedures and, in the same sessions, transmits an unstated norm about which coworkers to defer to.
Where people slip
Cultural transmission occurs whether or not a curriculum names it as a goal.
Your place on the trail
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