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Assessment Of Values

Submitted By:- Athula S KumarGeethu Krishna

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OUT LINE

• Meaning of Value• Types of Values• Values Scales• Types of Value Scale

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Values are important and lasting

beliefs or ideals shared by the

members of a culture about

what is good or bad and desirable

or undesirable. Values have major

influence on a person’s

behavior and attitude and serve as

broad guidelines in all situations..

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Types of Values

Political Values Religious Values Social Values Intellectual Values Economic Values Aesthetic Values

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Political Values

Political values are ideas expressing the attitude of social groups as a whole, toward the needs of other social groups and of the whole of that society..

Eg: Moral responsibility, Strong government, and Protected markets, Social responsibility, Omnipotent government, and Controlled markets etc..

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Religious Values

Religious values are based on not what man thinks we should do, but what God's word instructs us to do irregardless of our own opinions or beliefs..

Eg: Be absolutely and totally faithful to your god..

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Social ValuesSocial values are general conceptions of "the good",

ideas about the kind of ends that people should pursue throughout their lives and throughout the many different activities in which they engage..

Eg: Respect for the individual , Respect for elders,  Responsibility, Results-oriented, Right to bear arms, Romance of life, Ritual, Legality , Sacrifice, Safety,Security, Simplicity , Sincerity , Spirituality..

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Intellectual valuesIntellectual value the actual value of your knowledge.

They are concerned with discovery of truth. Individual who possess this values possess an empirical, and rational approach towards life..

 

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Aesthetic ValuesAesthetic relate to artistic experiences and to form,

harmony, and grace. Aesthetic value to you are things that you find pleasing because of some sensory perception. It's subjective..

Eg: If the buildings at your university simply look really cool, you might find them to have aesthetic value simply because you like looking at them..

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Economic ValuesEconomic values are based on financial beliefs regarding

money and wealth. The value of an asset deriving from its ability to generate income..

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Value Scales

Values scales are psychological inventories used to determine the values that people endorse in their lives. They facilitate the understanding of both work and general values that individuals uphold. In addition, they assess the importance of each value in people’s lives and how the individual strives toward fulfillment through work and other life roles..

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Types of Value Scales

Rokeach Value Survey

Schwartz's Value Theory 

Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values

 Hartman Value Inventory

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Rokeach Value Survey

The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) is a classification system of values. Developed by social psychologist Milton Rokeach, the system consists of two sets of values, 18 individual value items in each. One set is called terminal values the other instrumental values..

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Terminal Values

Terminal Values refer to desirable end-states of existence. These are the goals that a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime. These values vary among different groups of people in different cultures..

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The Terminal Values in RVS are• True Friendship• Mature Love• Self-Respect• Happiness• Inner Harmony• Equality• Freedom• Pleasure• Social Recognition

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The Terminal Values in RVS are(cont..)

• Salvation• Family Security• National Security• A Sense of Accomplishment• A World of Beauty• A World at Peace• A Comfortable Life• An Exciting Life• Wisdom

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Instrumental Values

Instrumental Values refer to preferable modes of behavior. These are preferable modes of behavior, or means of achieving the terminal values..

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The Instrumental Values are• Cheerfulness• Ambition• Love• Cleanliness• Self-Control• Capability• Courage• Politeness• Honesty

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The Instrumental Values are (cont..)

• Imagination• Independence• Intellect• Broad-Mindedness• Logic• Obedience• Helpfulness• Responsibility• Forgiveness

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Allport-Vernon Study of Values (SOV)

The Allport-Vernon Study of Values (SOV) is one of the earliest, theoretically well-grounded questionnaires measuring personal values on the basis of declared behavioral preferences. The SOV was first published by G. W. Allport and P. E. Vernon (1931) and later revised by Allport, Vernon, and G. Lindzey (1970). It is a psychological tool designed to measure personal preferences of six types of values..

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Study of Values Themes

• Theoretical (discovery of truth) • Economic (what is most useful) • Aesthetic (form, beauty, and

harmony) • Social (seeking love of people)• Political (power) • Religious (unity)

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