Terminal and Instrumental? An Inquiry into Rokeach's Value Survey

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1147-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Heath ◽  
Daniel S. Fogel
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Value System ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
A Value

Because Rokeach's theory of values and his Value Survey are so influential on other researchers, critical analysis of the instrument and its basic assumptions are warranted. Two studies were conducted to determine whether empirical rationale exists for the division of value systems into two categories, terminal and instrumental. Drawn from analysis by Rokeach and from two studies, evidence suggests that the two categories lack construct validity. Instead, a value system based on value orientations is suggested.

scholarly journals INHERENT VALUE SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 407-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAO HUANG ◽  
JUYANG WENG
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Artificial Agent ◽  
Simulation Environment ◽  
Biologically Inspired ◽  
Value System ◽  
Inherent Value ◽  
A Value ◽  
Sensorimotor Skills

The inherent value system of a developmental agent enables autonomous mental development to take place right after the agent's "birth." Biologically, it is not clear what basic components constitute a value system. In the computational model introduced here, we propose that inherent value systems should have at least three basic components: punishment, reward and novelty with decreasing weights from the first component to the last. Punishments and rewards are temporally sparse but novelty is temporally dense. We present a biologically inspired computational architecture that guides development of sensorimotor skills through real-time interactions with the environments, driven by an inborn value system. The inherent value system has been successfully tested on an artificial agent in a simulation environment and a robot in the real world.

scholarly journals Internalization of Value System in Mineral Materials Management Policies Instead of Metal And Rocks in Merauke District

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Edoardus MATURBONGS ◽  
Sri SUWITRI ◽  
Kismartin KISMARTINI ◽  
Hartuti PURNAWENI
Keyword(s):  
Value Systems ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Materials Management ◽  
Value System ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Closed Area ◽  
A Value ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Management Policies

Public policy public comes from the existing problems in the community, so that policy objectives realized. Value systems as part of people's lives need to get places in the policy process, among others related to environmental management policies. As long as it is not metal minerals mining and rock in Merauke District, Papua Province, the mining generally leads to environmental damage, necessitating noteworthy local wisdom values as a value system in order to prevent damage to a sustainable environment. This research aims to analyze the value system of the local communities of Marind area can be internalised into the policy management of mineral ingredients instead of metal and rocks in Merauke District. Research methods are using qualitative approach. Data collected through interviews, documentation and further analyzed using observation and data analysis components from Milles, Huberman and Saldaña. The results showed that one of the value systems in society of Marind area such as Sasi i.e. Prohibition of entering a closed area in the customs, have sanctions for those who break them decisively, so internalization of Sasi as a value system culture in environmental protection needs implemented. It is particularly in the order of mineral material management policies instead of metal and rocks in Merauke District. Key words:  Value System, Sasi, Environment Condition, Policy, Mining Activity.

Evolution of Wireless Access Provisioning: A Systems Thinking Approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Ali-Vehmas ◽  
Thomas R. Casey
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
System Modeling ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Value System ◽  
A Value ◽  
Service Production ◽  
Levels Of Service ◽  
Systems Thinking Approach

In this paper we examine the evolution and dynamics of value systems around GSM based mobile communications and Wi-Fi based wireless local area access. Drawing basis from value system modeling and systems thinking research a holistic framework, describing the underlying structures and dynamics of a value system at different stages and levels of service production, is created and used retrospectively to model the evolution of GSM based mobile communications and Wi-Fi based wireless local area access. The analysis based on the framework highlights that an important factor in the widespread diffusion of GSM and Wi-Fi has been the structural fit of the business and technology architectures as well as the alignment and synchronization of the different stages of service production and markets. The analysis also shows how the value systems around GSM and Wi-Fi follow distinctly different dynamics and evolution paths and how they are on a colliding course.

Children’s Rights and the Parental Authority to Instill a Specific Value System

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Morgan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Special Kind ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Legitimate Authority ◽  
Value System ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Moral Agents ◽  
A Value

Liberals who want to support multiculturalism need to be able to justify the parental authority to instill cultural value systems or worldviews into children. However, such authority may be at odds with liberal demands that citizens be autonomous. This paper argues that parents do not have the legitimate authority to instill in their children a specific value system, contrary to the complex and intriguing arguments of Robert Noggle (2002). Noggle’s argument, which draws heavily on key ideas in Rawls’ theory of justice, is that children are not moral agents and that parents are in a special kind of fiduciary relationship vis-à-vis their children. Noggle’s position is contrasted with the more limited conception of parental authority advanced by David Archard (2002). I argue that we can accept that parents are agents of their children, but contra Noggle, this does not entitle them to impose their parochial value systems onto their children. I argue that while children have an interest in acquiring values, they do not have an interest in acquiring a value system.

Strategies Among Young Jehovah’s Witnesses in Compulsory School in Sweden, Age 13–15, a Case Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pernilla Liedgren ◽  
Lars Andersson
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Jehovah’S Witnesses ◽  
Value System ◽  
Jehovah's Witnesses ◽  
A Value ◽  
Standing Up ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
Mainstream Culture

This study investigated how young teenagers, as members of a strong religious organization, dealt with the school situation and the encounter with mainstream culture taking place at school during the final years in Swedish primary school (age 13–15 years). The purpose was to explore possible strategies that members of a minority group, in this case the Jehovah’s Witnesses, developed in order to deal with a value system differing from that of the group. We interviewed eleven former members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses about their final years in compulsory Swedish communal school. The ages of the interviewees ranged between 24 and 46 years, and the interviewed group comprised six men and five women. Nine of the eleven interviewees had grown up in the countryside or in villages. All but two were ethnic Swedes. The time that had passed since leaving the movement ranged from quite recently to 20 years ago. The results revealed three strategies; Standing up for Your Beliefs, Escaping, and Living in Two Worlds. The first two strategies are based on a One-World View, and the third strategy, Living in Two Worlds, implies a Two-World View, accepting to a certain extent both the Jehovah’s Witnesses outlook as well as that of ordinary society. The strategy Standing up for Your Beliefs can be described as straightforward, outspoken, and bold; the youngsters did not show any doubts about their belief. The second subgroup showed an unshakeable faith, but suffered psychological stress since their intentions to live according to their belief led to insecurity in terms of how to behave, and also left them quite isolated. These people reported more absence from school. The youngsters using the strategy Living in Two Worlds appeared to possess the ability to sympathize with both world views, and were more adaptable in different situations.

Civil Worldview of the College Youth

2018 ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
Илья Егоров ◽  
Ilya Egorov ◽  
Диана Наумова ◽  
Diana Naumova
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Environmental Consciousness ◽  
Value System ◽  
College Youth ◽  
A Value ◽  
Worldview Formation

The paper states the authors’ view of the civic worldview phenomenon. The civic worldview is considered as a value system and a conscience core, whose attributes are maturity of personality, pro-social activity and social identity. The civic worldview is a step upwards of a kind and a basis for the civic worldview formation, while the establishment of the civic worldview results in the geographical, historical and environmental consciousness. The research describes the types and kinds of the civic worldview, social and pedagogical conditions and the program of its formation in the college youth.

Contributions to Psychohistory: III. Measuring Value Systems as Related to Societal Change

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Krus ◽  
Patricia H. Krus
Keyword(s):  
Value Orientations ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Societal Change ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Questionnaire Form

Sentences from Pirsig's book, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, were converted into a questionnaire form and analysed with scales derived from Reich's book Greening of America and scales indexing Apollonian and Dionysian value orientations. The resulting structures were discussed in terms of polarity of Western ideological thought and Russell's theory pertaining to dynamics of historical trends. This study illustrates extension of psychohistorical techniques (Ammons, 1978) by inclusion of results from use of objectively developed scales to measure values and attitudes.

Urdu Translation and Validation of Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 3505-3508
Author(s):  
Noor Ul Ain Fatima ◽  
Qurat-Ul- Ain ◽  
Fareeha Kausar ◽  
Mian Ali Raza ◽  
Misbah Waris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
A Value ◽  
Abc Scale ◽  
Translation And Validation

Objective: To translate and validate the ABC-Scale in Urdu language to predict risk of fall in older population. Study design: Cross-cultural Translation and validation Place and Duration: Study was conducted in older adult community of Sialkot from March 2020 to December 2020. Methodology: Translation of ABC in Urdu was conducted by using Beaton et al guidelines. Two bilingual translators translated the original version into Urdu language step wise, correction process was followed. Then two backward translations were done by language expert. After all this process, the translated version was reviewed by the professionals and the final version was applied on 15 individuals. Its reliability and validity was tested on 60 older adults. Results: For test re test reliability, intra class correlation coefficient ICC was measured with a value of 0.984 Which shows good test re-test reliability. The internal consistency and reliability of ABC was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha for total score with a value of 0.985. Content validity was good with values of CVI ranging from 0.767 to 0.955. To test the discriminative validity, independent t test was used to show the difference between the healthy and unhealthy adults. Factor analysis of UABC showed total variance 81.277 and cumulative variance was also 81.277. To calculate construct validity of U-ABC Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used and measured as 0.558. Conclusion: It was concluded that Urdu version of UABC is a valid assessment tool for older adults with fear of fall. It has good content validity, construct validity and reliability. Keywords: activities specific balance scale, validation, Urdu translation, reliability, tool translation

scholarly journals Economic Versus Social Values in Land and Property Management: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 381-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Timo de Vries ◽  
Winrich Voß
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Value System ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Land Management Practice ◽  
The Common ◽  
Effects Of Land Use ◽  
Two Sides

Abstract This article reviews and analyses how and why land-management practice draws on two contrasting value systems: economic and social. Land managers are at the crossroads of different value systems, which both overlap and contrast. The aim of this article is to provide an understanding of which aspects are crucial in each of the value systems, and to provide a basis for how and where the value systems can be connected and where they are contradictory. This is undertaken using an exploratory qualitative and descriptive comparison, which contrasts the epistemic logics of the value systems, the manner in which each system makes use of different scales, and the way in which decisions are made with each value system. Such an understanding is crucial to improve coherence in designing and predicting the future effects of land-management interventions. Currently, practitioners tend to design interventions based on single value systems, rather than on combining or integrating value systems. The discursive comparison provides the initial steps towards a more coherent understanding of the common ground and the missing links in value logics applied in land management. These results are relevant to provide better descriptions and predictions of the effects of land-use interventions and develop improved transdisciplinary models to predict changes and development in the utilization of land or property.

scholarly journals Feminine in Action

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Felisa Roldan
Keyword(s):  
Skills Training ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Placebo Control ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Value System ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Therapeutic Experience ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Feminine

“The feminine” is a philosophy, a style, a value system, which is at the centre of the way I work as a psychotherapist. In this paper I wish to share the practical applications of this approach in a group therapy setting with young women aged 16 to 23. As a psychotherapist and psychiatrist, I am well versed in the more masculine value system. I use concepts like transference and counter-transference, defence mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and all the other ways of understanding what is happening in our therapeutic experience. Moreover, I teach a lot of these concepts. I am therefore not intending to devalue the usefulness of these theoretical concepts. It is much harder to define and bring into dialogue the values of the feminine. It is not a measurable concept that can be packaged in skills training or researched with placebo control studies and published in a scientific paper. In spite of that, I believe it is an important concept to introduce and to discuss in the psychotherapy world. In this paper I describe some clinical applications of the concept of the feminine in order to demonstrate its value to our work. Whakarāpopotonga He rapunga whakaaro, he kōpuratanga, he whakatakotoranga uara te uha, ā, pokapū tēnei ki te āhua o tāku mahi i aku mahi kaiwhakaora hinengaro. E hiahia ana au ki te tohatoha i ngā mahi haratau o tēnei momo mahi ki waenga i tētahi haumanau awheawhenga taitamāhine mai i te 16 ki te 23 nei ngā tau. Mai i ōku kaiwhakaora hinengaro, rata mate hinengaro, e tino mātau ana au ki te whakatakotoranga uara tānetanga. Mahia ai e au ngā tū āhua ariā pēnei i te whakawhiti me te awherangi whakawhiti, ngā momo waonga, te paearu whakatau mate, me ērā atu anō o ngā mātauranga whakamārama kei te aha ngā whakanekenekehanga o ō tātou wheako haumanu. Otirā, ākonga ai e au te maha o ēnei ariā, ā, me pēhea hoki e taea ai te whakaiti, te painga o ēnei ariā. He uaua kē atu te tautuhi uara taitamāhine ka whakauru mai ai ki ngā kōrero. Ehara i te ariā inea ka taea nei te tākai whakangungunga pukenga rangahaua rānei ki tētahi akomanga whakahaere tohipa ka tā ai ki tētahi pepa pūtaiao. Ahakoa tērā, e whakapono ana au he ariā whai tikanga hei whakamōhio hei aromatawai i roto i te ao whakaoranga hinengaro. E whakamārama ana au i ētahi ariā mahinga haumanu o te taitamāhine hai whakaatu i ōna uara ki ā tātou mahi.

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