RichieBot
← Psychology

Framework 03

Schwartz Values

What kinds of things did Richie care about?

Schwartz values organize the goals, ideals, and ways of living that Richie may have treated as important.

Instrument used: Portrait Values Questionnaire - Revised (PVQ-RR)

The framework

Schwartz values describe broad motivational priorities: what a person cares about and what may guide a choice. The values form a system in which some priorities tend to support each other while others can pull in different directions.

The adapted PVQ-RR used here produces ten broad values and nineteen narrower facets. Face is reported separately from the ten broad values in the local scoring map.

Reading the plots

The mean summarizes the raters' average impression of Richie. The standard deviation, or SD, captures how much those raters disagreed: a narrow band means their impressions were similar, while a wider band means they saw this part of Richie differently.

The band shows one standard deviation on either side of the mean. It describes disagreement across raters. Different relationships, experiences, or contexts may help explain variation; the cause remains open. Each row uses an independent display order.

One raterMeanMean ± 1 SD

Richie's results

Raters placed the greatest importance on Richie's autonomy, enjoyment, openness to experience, care for close others, and concern beyond his immediate circle. They agreed that power was less central, while views of tradition and conformity varied much more.

Self-Direction

M 5.50SD 0.57n 11

Raters strongly agreed that independent thought and action were central priorities for Richie.

Stimulation

M 5.12SD 0.69n 11

Novelty, challenge, and varied experience appeared highly important, with some variation in how strongly raters emphasized them.

Hedonism

M 5.39SD 0.57n 11

Raters consistently saw enjoyment, pleasure, and making the most of life as highly important to Richie.

Achievement

M 4.17SD 0.64n 11

Achievement was moderately important, with raters recognizing ambition and accomplishment as meaningful to Richie.

Power

M 2.50SD 0.62n 11

Power was the lowest broad value, with fairly close agreement that status, control, and wealth were less central priorities for Richie.

Security

M 4.36SD 0.73n 11

Raters saw safety and stability as moderately important, while differing more about which kinds of security mattered most.

Conformity

M 3.61SD 0.91n 11

The average sat near the middle of the scale, but the wide spread shows that raters disagreed about how much Richie prioritized rules and interpersonal restraint.

Tradition

M 4.14SD 0.98n 11

Tradition was moderately important on average and produced the greatest disagreement among the ten broad values, suggesting that different raters encountered this part of Richie differently.

Benevolence

M 5.13SD 0.37n 11

This broad value had the strongest agreement: raters consistently saw care, reliability, and concern for close others as highly important to Richie.

Universalism

M 4.98SD 0.68n 11

Raters generally saw justice, tolerance, concern for others, and care for nature as important priorities.

Inside the framework

The examples preserve the wording used in the local survey. They illustrate each dimension.

01

Self-Direction

Autonomy in thought and action: thinking for oneself, making one's own choices, and living by one's own judgment.

Self-direction Thought

Freedom to think independently, form opinions, and understand things for oneself.

Self-direction Thought

M 5.67SD 0.60n 11

Independent thinking was seen as especially important, with raters clustering near the top of the scale.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to develop his own opinions.

Self-direction Action

Freedom to choose, plan, and act independently.

Self-direction Action

M 5.32SD 0.61n 11

Raters also agreed that freedom to choose and act independently mattered greatly to Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to make his own decisions about his life.

02

Stimulation

Novelty, excitement, and challenge: an active, varied life in which new experiences keep life engaging.

Stimulation

Novelty, risk, excitement, and varied experience.

Stimulation

M 5.12SD 0.69n 11

Novelty, challenge, and varied experience appeared highly important, with some variation in how strongly raters emphasized them.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to have all sorts of new experiences.

03

Hedonism

Pleasure, enjoyment, and taking opportunities to enjoy life.

Hedonism

Pleasure, fun, and enjoyment of life.

Hedonism

M 5.39SD 0.57n 11

Raters consistently saw enjoyment, pleasure, and making the most of life as highly important to Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to have a good time.

04

Achievement

Personal success, recognized accomplishment, ambition, and being respected for what one has done.

Achievement

Ambition, success, accomplishment, and recognition.

Achievement

M 4.17SD 0.64n 11

Achievement was moderately important, with raters recognizing ambition and accomplishment as meaningful to Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to have ambitions in life.

05

Power

Social status, influence, and control over resources or other people.

Power Dominance

Having authority over others and being able to direct what other people do.

Power Dominance

M 2.73SD 0.98n 11

Directing or controlling other people was relatively unimportant on average, although raters disagreed notably about the strength of that pattern.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to be the one who tells others what to do.

Power Resources

Wealth, expensive possessions, and the influence that material resources can bring.

Power Resources

M 2.27SD 0.73n 11

Raters fairly consistently saw wealth and status-signaling possessions as low priorities for Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to be wealthy.

06

Security

Safety, stability, and protection from threat, both personally and within the wider society.

Security Personal

Personal safety, health, and protection from danger.

Security Personal

M 4.30SD 0.86n 11

Personal safety and health were moderately important, with meaningful differences among raters.

Example survey item

  • It was very important to Richard to avoid disease and protect his health.

Security Societal

Security, stability, and defense of the broader society or country.

Security Societal

M 4.37SD 1.18n 10

This facet produced especially high disagreement: raters differed sharply in how much societal stability and collective security mattered to Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard that his country was secure and stable.

07

Conformity

Restraint from breaking rules, violating expectations, or needlessly upsetting other people.

Conformity-Rules

Following rules, regulations, and laws even when unobserved.

Conformity-Rules

M 3.88SD 0.95n 11

Following laws and rules was moderately important on average, with substantial variation across raters.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard never to violate rules or regulations.

Conformity-Interpersonal

Avoiding actions that upset, annoy, or anger other people.

Conformity-Interpersonal

M 3.33SD 1.07n 11

Avoiding upsetting others sat near the scale midpoint and drew strong disagreement, perhaps reflecting different relationships or social contexts.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to avoid upsetting other people.

08

Tradition

Respect for inherited customs, religious or cultural practices, established ways of living, and one's place within a larger order.

The broad Tradition score combines the three Tradition items with the three Humility items. The facet rows separate them.

Tradition

Respect for traditional values, family customs, religious customs, or cultural practices.

Tradition

M 3.97SD 1.22n 11

Respect for inherited customs was moderate on average but highly variable, indicating very different impressions among raters.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to maintain traditional values and ways of thinking.

Humility

Modesty, lack of entitlement, and being satisfied without asking for more.

Humility

M 4.27SD 0.98n 11

Humility was moderately important, and raters varied considerably in their impressions of Richie's modesty and sense of entitlement.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to be humble.

09

Benevolence

Caring for the welfare of people one is personally close to and being someone they can rely on.

Benevolence-Care

Caring for, helping, and attending to the needs of close others.

Benevolence-Care

M 5.24SD 0.52n 11

Raters strongly agreed that attending to the needs of close others was highly important to Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to take care of people he was close to.

Benevolence-Dependability

Being reliable, trustworthy, and someone close others can depend on.

Benevolence-Dependability

M 5.03SD 0.66n 11

Being reliable and trustworthy was also consistently viewed as a high priority.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to be a dependable and trustworthy friend.

10

Universalism

Concern for all people and for nature, including justice, equality, tolerance, and protection of the vulnerable.

Universalism-Concern

Concern for equality, justice, and protection of vulnerable people.

Universalism-Concern

M 4.97SD 0.92n 11

Concern for equality, justice, and vulnerable people was rated highly on average, with one markedly lower rating creating more disagreement than the other Universalism facets.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard that the weak and vulnerable in society be protected.

Universalism-Nature

Protection of nature and the natural environment.

Universalism-Nature

M 4.61SD 0.83n 11

Care for nature was important on average, with more variation than the other Universalism facets.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to care for nature.

Universalism-Tolerance

Acceptance and understanding of people who are different or disagree.

Universalism-Tolerance

M 5.36SD 0.62n 11

Acceptance of people with different views or backgrounds was one of Richie's highest and most consistently perceived priorities.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard to accept people even when they disagreed with him.

11

Face

Maintaining public image and avoiding shame, humiliation, or loss of status.

Face is retained as a narrow PVQ-RR facet and reported separately from the ten broad values.

Face

Maintaining public image and avoiding shame or humiliation.

Face

M 3.23SD 0.89n 10

Public image and avoiding humiliation were moderately low on average, but the substantial spread shows that raters differed in how important they believed these concerns were to Richie.

Example survey item

  • It was important to Richard that no one should ever shame him.

A careful reading

Most value scores summarize eleven informants. Face and Security Societal summarize ten because one additional response was missing for those facets.

The plot uses raw PVQ-RR averages on its 1–6 response scale. A higher score means a value appeared more important to Richie.

These results are a fixed snapshot of informant ratings and offer one structured perspective on a complex person.

Sources

← Back to all psychology frameworks