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These 75 sentences represent five economic values with 15 sentences for each value. Duplicate them on colored paper as indicated at the top of each page. Then cut the pages into individual sentences and sort them carefully so that no one receives multiple copies of any sentence. Each person is to receive 5 different sentences of each color, placed in an envelope.
Give each person a "bundle" of sentences and ask them to sort the sentences into two piles. One pile will represent those sentences he or she agrees with; the other pile will be for sentences he or she disagrees with or is undecided about. The "bundle" should be composed of at least 25 sentences, with the same number of each color.
After sorting is finished, ask participants to choose several of the sentences they agree with. Let each person who wishes to do so read a few sentences aloud and tell why he or she likes them. Then do the same with some sentences that are disliked. The participants' explanations usually give insight into how they developed or rejected particular values.
The economic values are represented by different colors:
PINK--> This person values money for itself as a symbol of security
GREEN--> This person is primarily concerned with using money to buy status (prestige) items.
BLUE--> This person is likely to be self- indulgent; his/her behavior is marked by a great ungency of wants.
WHITE--> This person sees money itself as unimportant; its importance is related to how it helps a person fulfill himself or herself--what it contributes to his or her life.
YELLOW--> This
person is not concerned about
money; he or she feels there is no reason to worry about it
The research in which the above economic values were identified
and tested for reliability was carried out by Dorothy Z. Price as
her doctoral thesis at Washington State University, Pullman.
*UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/CES Partnership for Readiness
Project
*Universities of California, Georgia & North Carolina State
University-Cooperative Extension