Values, Beliefs & Human Kinds © 2012 Denise M. Ajeto, Ed.D. Understanding Your Human Heritage Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Values, Beliefs & Human Kinds
© 2012 Denise M. Ajeto, Ed.D.
Understanding Your Human Heritage
Thursday, March 29, 2012
AGENDA
~ Triangles & Reading Test
~ Process of Perception
~ ValuesWho gives us our values?What function do they serve?
~ Human KindsWhat the heck are those?
~ Values ExercisePutting it all together
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Triangles
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Source: Executive Diversity Services, Inc. (2002)
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Reading Test
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The Process of Perception: We see what we expect to see
Brain is pre-wired to categorize
Efficient Fast Survive Evolve
Mind is wired via relationship& experience (relationship)
ParentsCultureReligionMediaSchoolTechnology
Lens
Interpret/Navigate the world
“Oh, I know what that means”
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The Process of Perception(How we see what we expect to see)
Input OutputBehaviors/Actions/Beliefs
(You do something)
Stimulus/Information
(You think something)
~ Culture~ Stereotypes/Generalizations (All ___ people are ...)~ Education~ History/Experience
Filters
(You observe something)
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All good people agree,And all good people say,All nice people, like us,are We,And everyone else is They.
-Rudyard Kipling “A Friend of the Family”
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VALUES(culture)
What are Values?
Who gives us our Values?
Why do we have Values?
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~ Central “shoulds” and “oughts”
~ Few in number
~ Develop early in life -18 months – 3 years
- Deeply held - Pre-verbal - Unconscious
- Unexamined
Values
Values we have by age 10, are the values we will have our entire life, unless we have a “SEE” that causes us to re-evaluate them.
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Two Kinds of Values
Terminal
Instrumental
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Terminal Values(Espoused Values)
Goals or Shared Values(What)
World peace
HonestyIntegrityRespect
Universal
Most would agree theseare good or important.
Instrumental Values(Lived Values)
Behaviors or Actions(How)
What we do to express or demonstrate the
terminal value or help us achieve it
Cultural
“This is the way we do things around here.”
VisibleInternal
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Eight Values Found In All National Cultures Studied (not in priority order)
LOVETRUTHFREEDOMFAIRNESSCOMMUNITYTOLERANCERESPONSIBILITYREVERENCE FOR LIFE
Source:Rushworth Kidder from the Institute for Global Ethics: “Shared Values for a Troubled World” - Jossey-Bass, 1994
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TEN KEY AMERICAN VALUES
INDIVIDUALISMCOMPETITION & WINNINGMATERIAL POSSESSIONS & COMFORTWORK ETHICDOING & ACHIEVINGCOOPERATION & FAIR PLAYYOUTH & ATTRACTIVENESSPROGRESS/CHANGEEQUALITYFAMILY
Sources:Gary Althen, “American Ways,” Intercultural Press, 1989.Edward C. Stewart & Milton Bennett, “American Cultural Patterns: A Cross Cultural Perspective,” Intercultural Press, 1994.
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HANDSHAKE: “I have no weapon in my hand”
INDIVIDUALISMCOMPETITION & WINNINGDOING & ACHIEVINGCOOPERATION & FAIR PLAY
BUSINESS (U.S. Mainstream)
COMMUNITYTOLERANCERESPONSIBILITYREVERENCE FOR LIFE
RELATIONSHIP
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What message from parents?
EYE CONTACT: Showing Respect
Direct = Respect
Indirect = Respect
“Look at me when I talk to you!”
“Don’t look at me when I talk to you!”
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“HUMAN KINDS”
Source:Berreby D. (2005) “Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind,” Little, Brown & Co.
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Human Kinds are roles or scripts (or norms)
“Mother” “Teacher” ”Manager” “Employee” “Police Officer” “Leader”“Male”“Female”“Adult”“Child”
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Human Kinds also define who you are... ... or who you can be
Knowing “kind” of person you are affects: ~ how you see yourself & the world~ where you belong... or don’t belong~ the choices you make
“Good student” “Athletic” “Capable” “Intelligent” “Achiever”
“Loser” “Helpless” “Ugly” “Stupid” “Not leadership material”
GenerationalGenderProfessionalCultural
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Other Scripts:
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Survival:Friend or Foe?Share/Not Share?
Security:Know how to behave / Avoid trouble “Social Contract”Avoid being ostracized
(also about survival)Manage fear of uncertainty
“Denial of Death”
Self-esteem:Sense of belongingSense of competence/worthAvoid SHAME
Human Kinds allow us to predict behavior - Which is a critical human need
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Human Kinds = Instrumental Values
Strategies that a particular group develops in order to survive and successfully navigate in the larger social [organizational] world. These strategies work so well they are deemed worthy of passing on. (Schein)
“This is the way we do [_____].”or
“This is what [_____] means.”
Instrumental Values = Culture
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We relish the norm, while overlooking the productive potential to be found in variance.
- Ken Corbett
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Exercise in Values
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EXERCISE IN VALUES
A family of Vietnamese has come to a forest camp together. Mr. Nguyen (Mr. “Win”) goes to the Recreation Manager to ask if they may use the recreation facility on Monday evening for traditional dancing. The Manager says yes. Monday evening arrives and the Vietnamese enter the recreation facility to find a large group of young men using the facility. When Mr. Nguyen approaches Charles, the apparent leader, a confrontation ensues. Charles says the recreation facility is “first come, first served” and they were there first. The Vietnamese leave.
The next morning Mr. Nguyen approaches the Recreation Manager and explains the problem. The Manager states that there had been a mistake since the facilities are, in fact, first come, first served. Mr. Nguyen is told he will need to find another place for his activities. That evening when the group of young men enter the facility they find that the Vietnamese are already there and have begun their dancing. Another confrontation occurs between Charles and Mr. Nguyen during which Tom, one of the young men, shouts “Why don’t you freaks just go back where you belong.” Peter, one of the young men, feels badly about the confrontation and the comment but says nothing.
The young men leave the facility but go to the Vietnamese family’s campsite and dump garbage all over it. When Mai, one of the Vietnamese women, hears what has happened, she gets angry and smashes the headlight on one of the young men’s cars.
The Recreational Manager is called to resolve the situation.
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Rank the six people in this story:
1 (acted most honorably) to 6 (acted least honorably)
First ranking: INDIVIDUAL 2 minutesSecond ranking: TEAM 5 minutes
Mr. Nguyen _____Peter _____Rec Manager _____Charles _____Mai _____Tom _____
Rules:1. Each number can only be used once a. No double ranking / No ties2. Must have group consensus
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Lessons Learned
Forced to do the activity fast &then you had to get consensus!
~ Not enough time~ Not enough information
What you were seeing were their Instrumental Values (behaviors/actions)What you were judging from were your Terminal Values
Every day, we make hundreds of decisions with even less time or information than you had in the exercise.
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The next time you observe yourself reacting to something that someone is doing...
Take a moment to pause and ask yourself: - Why am I reacting to this behavior?- What other meanings might there be for this behavior?- Is it a difference that makes a difference?- Is there something cultural going on here?
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What did you learn from this session?(Group Dialogue)
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