205. Where Do Values Come From?

Do you get your principles from your parents — or in spite of them? Is there anything wrong with valuing conformity? And why doesn’t McDonald’s sell salads?

SOURCES:Erika James • , dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Olivia Rodrigo • , singer-songwriter. Shalom Schwartz • , professor emeritus of psychology at the Hebrew ‎‎University of Jerusalem. Thomas Talhelm • , professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

RESOURCES: • " Measuring Trends in Americans' Personal Values • ," by Frank Newport ( Gallup, • 2023). • " America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds • ," by Aaron Zitner ( The Wall Street Journal, • 2023). • " What Really Happened To McDonald's McSalad Shakers • ," by Colin McCandless ( Mashed, • 2023). • " Personal Values Across Cultures • ," by Lilach Sagiv and Shalom H. Schwartz ( Annual Review of Psychology, • 2022). • " Moving Chairs in Starbucks: Observational Studies Find Rice-Wheat Cultural Differences in Daily Life in China • ," by Thomas Talhelm, Xuemin Zhang, and Shigehiro Oishi ( Science Advances, • 2018). • " Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture • ," by Thomas Talhelm, Xuemin Zhang, Shigehiro Oishi, Shinobu Kitayama, et al. ( Science, • 2014). • " An Overview of the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values • ," by Shalom Schwartz ( Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, • 2012). The Short Schwartz’s Value Survey • , from "Measuring values with the Short Schwartz's Value Survey," by Marjaana Lindeman and Markku Verkasalo ( Journal of Personality Assessment, • 2005).

EXTRAS: • " Should You Get Out of Your Comfort Zone? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2024). • " How Sinful Are 'No Stupid Questions' Listeners? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2023). • " hope ur ok • ," song by Olivia Rodrigo ( Sour • , 2021).