[GiftEconomy] "five types of social value orientations" - motivational theory of choice behavior

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

Thanks Frank !

Yes, I go along what you say about culture.

I would add a personal note, saying that from my own current point of view,
some of the information systems we may be using contain embedded
"memes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme>"
( such as artificial scarcity in the current mainstream monetary system )
which may lead people to modify or adapt their culture,
or feel powerless.

Hence I look forward to alternative information systems that enable us to
more easily make informed choices, for what to support, and what not to,
and how to get out of ( transaction and resource allocation ) information
systems which do not promote the values and memes we which to support
individually, as to enable emergent individual choices to create alternative
economic and governance networks. :)

I sent a few posts on opencc lately

http://groups.google.com/group/opencc

Greetings,
Dante

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:55 PM, fran k <frank_bowman at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for this.
>
> CULTURE
>
> For me the study and the subject and the mechanics of Culture is the most
> important subject.
>
>
> It explains, and describes EVERYTHING.   Climate change, to why we
> knowingly starve the mass of our species, and why we do not act.  It is
> about the way we interact with each other, and why we do what we do.  It is
> based on what value we put on behaviour.   It explains the Israeli
> Palestinian conflict.   It explains happiness, and it explains genital
> mutilation, and it expains sadness, and honour killings, and divisions
> between people.
>
> CULTURE
>
>
> It is not even a University Degree.   Rather its subjects are split between
> many.
>
> When you know how something works, thenyou can do something abou it.
>
> Id say there is a lot of knowledge about it in advertising.
>
> Your email reminded me of this.
>
> XFrank
>
>
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 25/10/10, Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
> Subject: [GiftEconomy] "five types of social value orientations" -
> motivational theory of choice behavior
> To: gifteconomy at lists.gifteconomy.org
> Date: Monday, 25 October, 2010, 14:10
>
>
> See below the "altruistic" category defined in social value orientation...
>
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>
> *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations*
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> *
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> * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations>Social value
> orientations* (also referred to as *social motives*, *social values*, or *value
> orientations*)
>
> is a social psychology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychology_%28psychology%29> motivational
> theory of choice behavior in game<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory> situations
> advanced by David M. Messick and Charles G. McClintock in 1968.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations#cite_note-Messick68-0> Unlike
> the traditional rational choice theory<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory> in
> mainstream economics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics>, which
> assumes that all individuals make choices that maximize their own payoffs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_form_game>
>  in social dilemma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_dilemma>situations,
> social value orientations consider personality<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_psychology> differences
> across individuals which leads to a range of preferences for one’s own
> well-being and the well-being of others.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations#cite_note-Offernman96-1>
>
> Social value orientations are based on the assumption that individuals
> pursue different goals when making decisions for which the outcomes affect
> others. Social psychologists generally distinguish between five types of
> social value orientations. The main difference between each category is the
> extent to which one cares about his or her own payoffs and that of the other
> in social dilemma situations.
>
>
>
>
> Social Value Orientations Categories
>
>    - *Altruistic*: Desire to maximize the welfare of the other
>    - *Cooperative*: Desire to maximize joint outcomes
>    - *Individualistic*: Desire to maximize own welfare with no concern of
>    that of the other
>    - *Competitive*: Desire to maximize own welfare relative to that of the
>    other
>    - *Aggressive*: Desire to minimize the welfare of the other
>
> Most individuals are either cooperative or individualistic.
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