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Latent Pattern Maintenance (German "constant maintenance and renewal of value patterns") is one of the key termsfrom Talcott Parsons' sociological systems theory : It is a basic function of his so-called AGIL scheme . A social system fulfills this basic function bygenerating, maintaining and renewingboth the motivation of individuals and the pattern variables (cultural patterns). These are responsible for motivation.
