The Basics Guide

Tag: Cultural Transmission

  • Continuity

    Continuity preserves structure through change, enabling identity, meaning, and stability across systems. It holds memory, governs rhythm, and sustains coherence. Without it, fragmentation, mistrust, and collapse follow. Continuity isn’t rigidity—it’s the condition that makes adaptation, trust, and growth possible.

  • Overimitation

    Overimitation

    Overimitation is the meticulous replication of both necessary and superfluous actions, which underpins human social learning and the propagation of culture, indicating a sophisticated aspect of human cognitive development.