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Truth Seeker
Social Recognition, the primary means for human motivation.
I. Individuals are motivated to behave the way they do to gain social recognition for competence. (Competence derives from culture, values, norms, and activity
under evaluation).
2. Social recognition by reference group members for competent outcomes is essential for self-esteem maintenance.
3. The greater an individual's level of competence in relationship to an activity, the greater will be that individual’s level of involvement in that activity. Frequency of evaluation by significant and/or referent others increases involvement in related activities.
3. As a consequences of increasing frequency of recognition for competent outcomes, involvement increases. Commitment levels also increase from social recognition processes.
4. Status assignment systems are the primary means for allocating and promoting social recognition processes. Group members evaluate each other based on norms and values related to these criteria.
5. Either at the (micro) social interactive level, or at the (macro) societal level, social institutional frameworks (values, norms, beliefs, status assignment systems, and evaluative criteria of groups) derive from social interaction processes. For all societies, depending on the evaluative standards under consideration, social interactions change or maintain social structure.
6. Institutional values and norms tend to mirror variations of evaluative criteria related to changes in recognition processes. Status allocations also change because of these relationships.
How much does social recognition play in your life? Do you think it is a useful theory of human behavior?
I. Individuals are motivated to behave the way they do to gain social recognition for competence. (Competence derives from culture, values, norms, and activity
under evaluation).
2. Social recognition by reference group members for competent outcomes is essential for self-esteem maintenance.
3. The greater an individual's level of competence in relationship to an activity, the greater will be that individual’s level of involvement in that activity. Frequency of evaluation by significant and/or referent others increases involvement in related activities.
3. As a consequences of increasing frequency of recognition for competent outcomes, involvement increases. Commitment levels also increase from social recognition processes.
4. Status assignment systems are the primary means for allocating and promoting social recognition processes. Group members evaluate each other based on norms and values related to these criteria.
5. Either at the (micro) social interactive level, or at the (macro) societal level, social institutional frameworks (values, norms, beliefs, status assignment systems, and evaluative criteria of groups) derive from social interaction processes. For all societies, depending on the evaluative standards under consideration, social interactions change or maintain social structure.
6. Institutional values and norms tend to mirror variations of evaluative criteria related to changes in recognition processes. Status allocations also change because of these relationships.
How much does social recognition play in your life? Do you think it is a useful theory of human behavior?