Abstract
This study focused on, three out of six basic interests/ motives in personality: Aesthetic, Economic and Political values- of 300 undergraduate male & female students, studying in Fine-Arts and Business Administration streams. The sample was equally distributed among two of the streams and gender. Two way Analysis of Variance as a part of statistical analysis was employed, in order to examine the role of values. Results indicated that, students of Fine-Arts stream had significantly greater Aesthetic value than Business Administration students and Aesthetic value was also seen higher in females than males. It was also found that Economic value was greater in Business Administration students as compared to Fine-Arts students and it did not differ at gender level. Lastly, there was no significant difference observed in terms of Political value, concerning two of the streams; however male students seemed to have higher Political Value than female students.
Highlights
Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, and others have tried to figure out just exactly what values are
The major conclusions inferred in this study indicate that undergraduate students of Fine-Arts stream have greater Aesthetic value than undergraduates of Business Administration stream
We found that Aesthetic value is higher in females than male undergraduates
Summary
Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, and others have tried to figure out just exactly what values are. Values can be likened to roots that keep a tree upright and anchored against the onslaught of the elements. Our values steady us against the maelstrom of everyday life.Values are defined broadly as ‘the principles and fundamental convictions which act as general guides to behavior, the standards by which particular actions are judged as good or desirable(Halstead and Taylor, 2000). In 1931, psychologist Gordon Allport came up with a list of what he called traits, what we would call values, recognized consistencies that are unique to you and define your life. Allport devised six categories of values: (1) Theoretical: truth; (2) Economic: usefulness; (3) Aesthetic: harmony and beauty; (4) Social: love; (5) Political: power and leadership; (6) Religious: unity or moral excellence
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