Human society has made a long journey in this; so is the concept of development. Human society has progressed and developed through several stages. The social system prevalent in any society or country at any point in time is a sum total of several sub-systems such as political system, economic system, educational system, etc. 

• In every society, no matter how simple or complex, there exist standards, norms, customs, values, beliefs and conventional ways of behaving which shape the behaviour and preferences of its members.
• These behaviours may differ from society to society and from era to era, but they represent a process through which the social heritage or the culture, is passed on from generation to generation.  
• Man is the only living creature capable of'co~nmunicating symbolically and storing his social heritage for transmission to the new generation.
• Therefore, 'culture' refers to the attitudes, values, beliefs and ways of acting and interacting that characterize a social group.
• Neither a single individual nor a group, nor an entire society can be understood without reference to culture. 

Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that society gains potency as it is handed down from generation to generation.