Human Values and Modernization: A Global Analysis

Korotayev, Andrey; Zinkina, Julia; Slinko, Elena; Meshcherina, Kira

doi:10.30884/jogs/2019.01.04

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“…In contrast, individuals with few resources should invest less in information gathering and rely more on cheaper sources of information such as other's opinions (Nettle, 2019), a phenomenon observed empirically (Jacquet et al, 2018). Studies show that individuals with more resources score higher in openness and have more explorative preferences (Korotayev et al, 2019), score higher in conscientiousness (Akee et al, 2018), and are more optimistic (Boehm et al, 2015;Heinonen et al, 2006;Robb et al, 2009) It is important to note that although there are many correlational studies between people's resources and their behavioral or psychological outcomes, there are fewer causal studies. For obvious reasons, it is hard to exogenously manipulate the amount of resources people have access to.…”

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Optimal resource allocation and its consequences on behavioral strategies, personality traits and preferences

Boon-Falleur¹,

Baumard²,

André³

2022

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Life history theory is increasingly invoked in psychology as a framework for understanding differences in individual preferences. In particular, evolutionary human scientists tend to assume that, along with reproductive strategies, several behavioral traits such as cooperation and risk-taking and, in its broadest version, a range of psychological and personality traits also cluster into ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ life histories. However, the inclusion of such a wide range of traits in a life history strategy is founded on relatively little theoretical justification. Beyond environmental factors such as mortality risk, we argue that quantitative changes in resources - either embodied, physical or social - can lead to qualitative changes in people’s priorities and psychology. People use their resources to satisfy their different needs. People with access to fewer resources focus on their needs with the greatest marginal fitness benefit, while people with more resources can also afford to satisfy their needs with smaller fitness benefits. We show that, depending on the total amount of resources available, the optimal resource allocation of these resources differs, leading to the empirically observed ‘pyramid of needs’. In addition, the optimal allocation of resources shapes people’s risk and time preferences, which in turn affect a whole range of behaviors such as parenting style, cooperation, health, skill acquisition and exploration.

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Section: From Optimal Resource Allocation To Behavioral Syndromesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal resource allocation and its consequences on behavioral strategies, personality traits and preferences

Boon-Falleur¹,

Baumard²,

André³

2022

Preprint

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“…Human values in general are analyzed in the context of modernization by Korotayev et al (2019). The authors investigate the relation between values and modernization applying some elements of the method proposed by Inglehart and Welzel (2005) to the data of Shalom Schwartz.…”

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Glocalization: Lessons Learned from Globalization

Unger

2023

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The process of creating independent international entities in order to preserve the international liberal order is facing increased backlash as deteriorating confidence in democratic structures emerges. One problem is that these institutions supposedly accumulate more and more power over time in order to maintain and develop their function. This poses a substantial threat to liberalism as confidence and trust in democracy eases. This paper highlights the most important failures of globalization and weighs in the concept of glocalization as a possibility to increase wealth through competition enhancement and to contain the threat of emerging socialism across the globe.

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“…In order to test those hypotheses, Inglehart uses mean country values of human values as the dependent variable. In our previous research we also use mean country values of human values as the dependent variable, and GDP per capita in the corresponding countries as the independent variable (Korotayev and Zinkina et al 2019;Korotayev and Slinko et al 2020). But if the growth of per capita GDP leads to an increase in adherence to secular-rational values and values of self-expression at the country level, then it should be expected that at the individual level there should be a correlation between the income level of individuals and their commitment to secular-rational values and post-materialist values as well.…”

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Social Macroevolution and Changes in the Human Value Systems. How has Modernization Affected Human Values?

Zinkina¹,

Ustiuzhanin²,

Shulgin³

2022

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The transition to expanded production and the exit from the Malthusian trap, two of the most important components of modernization transition, lead to a long-term trend of per capita GDP growth, and hence of the level of income and material well-being of the population. The question whether the factor of wealth affects the structure of individual human values and, if so, what are the directions of this impact, has been a subject of rather intense scholarly discussion. Two of the most developed theories in this respect are those developed by Richard Easterlin and Ronald Inglehart. However, the scope of these theories is still being discussed as well. Using mean country values, Inglehart shows that the growth of per capita GDP leads to an increase in adherence to secular-rational values and values of self-expression at the country level. In this paper, we test whether there is a correlation between the income level of individuals and their commitment to secular-rational values and post-materialist values at the individual level as well.

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Human Values and Modernization: A Global Analysis

Cited by 11 publications

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Optimal resource allocation and its consequences on behavioral strategies, personality traits and preferences

Optimal resource allocation and its consequences on behavioral strategies, personality traits and preferences

Glocalization: Lessons Learned from Globalization

Social Macroevolution and Changes in the Human Value Systems. How has Modernization Affected Human Values?

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