Values are commonly used to:
a. understand people's actions.
b. denote worth or goodness of various aspects oflife
c. create judgments about expectations.
d. understand experiences.
b
Values are commonly used to denote worth or goodness
of various aspects of life. They are those things in life that
are important to individuals and the groups they belong to.
They vary from person to person and group to group, and
become standards people use to judge their own and other
people's actions.
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