social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

cultivation - socialization through training and education

bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing, breeding, raising - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

meme - a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes"

education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"