TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface, Leon Pomeroy vii
0. Description of the Test 1
Axiogram 3
Axiometric Scoring Form 5
1. A Geographical Analogue to the HVP 6
The Hartman Value Profile Geographical Analogue 25
2. The Theory of the Test 26
Value and Interest 26
The Definition of Value 27
The Logical Meaning of Meaning 27
The Intension as Measure 28
The Intension as Norm of Value 29
The Dimensions of Value 31
The Calculus of Value 33
The Test as Applied Formal Axiology 35
Quotations 36
Phrases 37
3. The Validation of the Test 41
The Uses of the Test 41
The Test Scales 43
Perfect Score 45
Inverted Score 46
Semi-Inverted Inverted Score 48
Semi-Inverted Perfect Score 49
Differentiation Score (Dif) 50
Dimension Score (Dim) 51
Integration Score (Int) 53
Dissimilarity Score (Dis) 54
The Sub-scales Are Geared to the Corresponding Scales 55
Dimensional Integration Score (D.I,) 56
Value Score (V.Q.) 57
Self-Score (S.Q.) 58
Relative Balance Score (Bqr) 58
Absolute Balance Score (Bqa) 59
Combined Value Capacity (C.Q.) 60
Retest Quotient (R.Q.) 60
Attitude Index (A. I. percentage) 60-A
Percentage of Differentiations (Dif 1/ Dif 2) 60-C
The Index Number rho 60-D
Validation of the Scales 61
Measures of Central Tendency on Responses to Each Item 63
Random Distribution 64
Mean Position of Items 65
4. Application of the Test 67
4.1 The Use of the Test 67
Sample cases 69
4.2 Explanation of the Hartman Value Test 75
5. Scoring Instructions 76
Twenty Six Steps 76
Sample Cases 79
6. Axiological Description 83
Sample Cases 84
7. Clinical Interpretation 90
The Scoring Sheet 91
Sample Cases 92
The Response Graph 115
Sample Cases 116
The Axiogram 122
The Interpretation of the Normal Features of the Sample Test 128
The Interpretation of the Abnormal Features of the Sample Test 129
Sample Cases 130
8. Clinical Interpretation: The Scores 136
Dim-I: Intrinsic Dimension 136
Sample Scoring Forms 140
The Scores of Part 2 146
The Self Structure 147
Proofs of Infinite Value of Human Persons 148
Dim-I2 and Dim percent2 149
Sample Cases 153
Dim-E: Extrinsic Dimension 162
Dim-E in Part 1 162
High Dim-E1 in Part 1: Undervaluation 162
High Dim-E1 in Part 1: Overvaluation 163
Dim-E in Part 2 163
High Dim-E in Part 2: Undervaluation 163
Dim-E2– as Index of Dependence 166
Sample Case 167
Dim-S: Systemic Dimension 169
Clinical Interpretation 169
Dim-S in Part 1 (Dim-S1) 169
Dim-S1 high 169
Sample Case 170
Undervaluation (Dim-S1-) 172
Sample Cases 174
Overvaluation (Dim-S1+) 179
Sample Cases 180
Dim-S1 and Dim-I1 187
Teleological Significance of Dim-S, Dim-E, and Dim-I 188
Dim-S1 and Dim-E2 189
Sample Cases 190
Dim-S in Part II (Dim-S2) 198
Sample Cases 199
Undervaluation (Dim-S2-) 203
Overvaluation (Dim-S2+) 203
Sample Case 204
Dim-S2 and Dim-I1 206
Dim-S2 and Dim-I2 206
Sample Cases 207
Dim-S2 and Dim-E2 215
Dim-S2 and Dim-S1 216
Sample Cases 218
Dif: Differentiation 224
Clinical Interpretation 224
Relationship between Dif1 and Dif2 224
Sample Case 225
Relation of Differentiation and Integration (Dif and Int) 229
Relation of Differentiation and Dissimilarity (Dif and Dis) 229
Relation of Differentiation and Dimension (Dif and Dim) 230
The Self-Differentiation Scores (Dif2) 231
Relation of the Self-Scores 232
Dim: Dimension 233
Clinical Interpretation 233
Systematic Astigmatism 236
Dim in Part II (Dim2) 239
APPENDIX 241
Scoring Instructions (1) 242
Sample Case 248
Standard Score Conversion Table 252
Standard Score Equivalency Table (+ Scores) 253
Hartman Value Profile New Research Forms 253
VQ1 World Valuation Capacity – SQ1 Self Valuation Capacity 255
INDEX 257
INDEX
abnormal, see “normal”
abstraction, 32
accident proneness, 43, 162, see “atychal”
addict(ion)(s), 165-166
anxiety, 111, 206, 235-236
-kinds of, 152
Aristotle, 234
astigmatis(m)(atic), 44, 132, 134, 150-151, 178, 182, 196-198, 233-234, 236-238
-six forms of, 236
attachment, 139
attitude index, 60A-60C
-measures positive or negative attitudes
toward world and self, 60A
-overvaluation and undervaluation, 60A
atychal, 42-43, 58, 60C-60D, 789B, 162, 166, 227-228, 246
authentic(ity), 134, 147-148
authoritarian personality, 166n
average, 29-30
axiology, 26-28, 35
axiogram, 2-4, 83, 100, 122-135
axiometric scoring form, 5
axiom of formal axiology, 27, 33, 147-148
axiotherapy, 43, 149
baby, 37, 151
bad, 29-30, see “disvalue”
balance(d), 58, 60A, 89, 232-233, 237-238,
Beethoven, L., 137
Berdyaev, N., 151n
better or more value, 27, 29, 32
Brickner, Richard M., 234n
calculus of value, 33-34, 44
Calvin, John, 234
capacity to value, 1, 26, 33, 42, 59, 67
cheating on HVP, 67, 74
clinical interpretations, Ch. 7, Ch. 8
combinations of value, 33-34
-symbolizing, 34, 38-39
combined value capacity, (C.Q.), 60
-measures total capacity to value world and self, 60
compassion, 136
complete set of properties, see “total set of properties”
compositions, 33-34
compulsive, 165, 214
concept(s), 27-33; also see “intensions”
-fulfillment of, 33, 147
conformist, 163
confusing good and bad, 44A, 54, 91, 158, 197
consistency, 169
continuity, 164
continuum, 32
creativ(e)(ity), 136, 138, 172
defense mechanism(s), 238, 240
definitions, 30
De Gaulle, C., 198
delinquent(s), 227-8
dependence, 132, 152, 161, 165-166, 189
depression 60B, 172, 197, 238
despair, 151
development, 83
differentiation (Dif), 1, 44, 50-51, 60-60C, 80, 86, 224-231
-a most fundamental score, 44
-measures keenness of value vision and ability to differentiate values in self and world, 44, 50, 60C
-no over or undervaluation, 228
dimension (Dim), 1, 44, 51-53, 86, 230-231, 233-234, 238-240
-absolute and relative, 52
-a most fundamental score, 44
-measures capacity for focusing, astigmatism or distortion, over or
under valuation, sense of meaning in
self and world, 44, 51, 54
dim percent (Dim %), 149-158, 173
dissimilarity (Dis), 1, 44, 54-55, 86, 229,
-a most fundamental score, 44
-measures confusing good and evil, right and wrong, 44A, 54, 91
distance, 237
disvalue(ation)(s), 27, 37-38, 40, 124-126
dogmati(c)(sm), 32, 136, 179, 187
ecological, 233
economic(s), 27, 234
emotional involvement and distance,
-degrees of, 237
-see “systemic valuation” and “intrinsic valuation”
empathetic(ally), 32, 33, 133, 158
energy, 1
errors, 30, 50-53, 57, 67
executives, 42
exponents, 38
extensions, 26
extrinsic valuation, 32, 37, 162, 236
-as pragmatic thinking, 32
extrinsic value concepts, 31
-fulfilment of, 32, 33
-sensory abstraction concepts, 32
-denumerably infinite sets or concepts, 31-32
extrinsic value dimension (E), 55, 162-169, 239
-measures capacity to discern practical values in world and one’s roles in the world, 1, 55
-overvaluation, 163, 215-217, 236
-undervaluation, 162, 163-169, 216- 217, 236
fanaticism, 234
fair, 29-30
fatherland, 198, 235
Frankl, Viktor, 90, 137, 172n, 198, 235, 238
Freud, Sigmund, 239
frigidity, 139
Fulbright, Senator J. William., 234
Galbraith, J. K., 233
geographical analogue to the HVP, 6-25
good, see “value(s)”
group(s), 41-42, 234
harmony, 57, 59, 89, 197
Hartman Value Profile (HVP)
-administering, 67-68, 75
-card form, 253-254
-guidelines for interpreting, 126-135
-items in Part 1, 35, 37-38
-items in Part 2, 36, 38-40
-objective, 43
-pictorial form, 254
-scales, 43-44, see “scales”
-scoring instructions, 76-89, 242-255
-uses of, 41-43
-validation of, 31, 41, 43, 61-62
Hartmann, Nicolai, 188n
hierarchy of values, 32-3, 148, 237
-of richness, 32
Hilliard, A. L., 30n
Hitler, A., 230, 232
homosexuality, 166
Horney, Karen, 206, 213-215, 235
ideals, see “norms”
ideolog(ists)(y), 31-32, 155, 187, 206, 234
identification with,
-in intrinsic valuation, 137-138, 237- 238
-others, 136-138
-self, 137-138 148, 231
-self image or ideal, 214-14
-social, 148, 214,
immaturity, 137
index number rho, 60-D – 60-E,
individual(ity)(s), 41, 56, 83, 136, 146, 149-155, 161, 196-197
infinite value of human persons, 148-149
-proofs of, 149
infinity
-denumerable sets, 32, 34
-non-denumerable sets, 32, 34
integration (Int), 1, 44, 53-57, 86, 229
-absolute and relative, 53-54
-a most fundamental score, 44
-measures capacity for seeing value patterns or wholes, value relevance and proportions, organization and self- control, 44, 53-54, 56-57
intellectual, 136, 139, 187-188, 196, 206, 216
intension(s), 26-31
-as measures, 28
intensional sets
-three kinds of, 31
interest(s), 26, 41
intrinsic valuation, 1, 32, 136-139, 237-238
intrinsic value concepts, 31-32,
-fulfilment of, 32, 33
-nondenumerably infinite sets or
concepts, 31-32
-singular or uniqueness concepts, 32
intrinsic value dimension (Dim I), 55, 136-161
-measures capacity to discern value of and in individuals, both self and others, 1, 55
-percent (%), 146, 149,
-overvaluation, 139, 146,187-188, 236,
239,
-undervaluation, 138-139, 187-188
intrinsic value objects,
-unique, incomparable, irreplaceable, etc., 32
-not in space and time, 137
intuition(al), 136-139, 187-188, 206
irritable, 161
“isms,” 234
items on HVP
-precise order of, 32
-see “Hartman Value Profile (HVP)”
Kierkegaard, S., 163
laziness, 203
love, 137-138, see also “intrinsic valuation”
-distorted, 146
Maslow, Abraham, 32n, 90, 137
matching people, 42
manic, 165
masochism, 156
materialism, 234
mathematics, 28
meaningful life, 27, 43, 173,
meaning of meaning, 27
mean position of items, 65
mental illness prevention, 43
military, 234
Miller, Arthur, 224
Mitchell, Edwin T., 31n.
moral
-norms, 87n., 163, 215, see “self-concept”
-sense, 196
-virtues, 148, 231
narcisis(m)(istic), 145, 160, 169, 215
Nazi, 179
neuro(sis)(tic), 74, 91, 115, 206, 234-236
normal, 127-128, 136-138
norms, 87n, 179, 197-198, 227
-axiological, 41
-moral, 87n, 163, 215
-rigid, 158, 163, 203
-social, 215-216
-uncertain, 155
obsession(al), 198, 206
order, 56, 172, 178, 188, 197-198
Ortega, José y Gasset, 237-238
overvaluation, see “extrinsic value dimension,” “intrinsic value dimension,” and “systemic value dimension”
paranoia, 206
penguins, 233-234
perfectionis(m)(t), 31, 179, 187, 197, 206, 215-216
personalize, 155
persons
-infinite value of, 147
-valued as parts of a system, 187
-valued as things, 138, 155, 236
personal value patterns, 41
-strengths and weaknesses, 42
phrases in HVP, 35, 37-38
pictorial form of HVP, 253
planning, 188-189
practical or pragmatic, 32, 33, 55-56, 136, 162, 188, 196
predicate(s), 28
-matching, 30
preferences, see “interests”
prejudice(s), 32, 179, 187, 234,
properties, 27-28
-total set of or richness of, 27
proportion, 51, 53, 196, 197, 233
psychoanalysis, 43
psychopath(ic)(ology), 91, 169, see “clinical interpretation”
psychotherapy, 43, see “therap(ist)(y)”
psychosis, 74
quotations in HVP, 36, 38-40
random distribution, 64
rationalization, 235
rebel(lion), 162, 172, 215-217, 227
reformers, 227-228
relative balance scores,
-absolute (Bqa), measures total capacity to value in accord with axiological scale, 59
-relative (Bq r), measures balance between world and self valuation, 58-59
relevance
-seeing, 53, 56-57
response graph, 115, 122
retest quotient (R.Q.), 60-60A
-measures valuational development over time, 60
rho, 60D-60E, 66,
-measures total nature of the test, 60D
richness of properties, see “better”
role(s), 55, 132, 155, 163, 189, 239
romantici(sm)(ze), 146, 155, 161
sanctimoniousness, 146
scale(s), 35, 41, 43-44, 50-60E
-the most fundamental kinds, 50
Schrödinger, Erwin, 173n
scores,
-high, 126-127, 138
-inverted, 46-47
-low, 126-127
-most fundamental kinds, 44
-number of, 2
-perfect, 44-45
-semi-inverted, 47
scoring instructions, 76-89, 242-255
scoring form or sheet, 2, 90-135
self acceptance, 146, 91, 133, 231-232
self awareness, see “self-concept”
-diminished, 163
self concept, 146-148, 198, 231, 250-251
-as normative, 198
-fulfilling, 147
-over and under valuation, 203, 206, 213-217, 239,
self definition, 147-148, 163, 203, 239; see also
“self-concept”
self differentiation (Dif2), 231-232
self fulfilment
-degrees of, 148
self identification with, 146, 148, 214, 231, 237, 239, see “identification with”
self love
-perverted, 139, 146
self scores (S.Q), 58, 231-232
-measures capacity to value oneself, 58
self structure, 147-149
self valuation, 134, 147-148, 197, 239, see “intrinsic dimension”
sentimental(ity), 155, 161, 187
Servetus, 234
set theory, 28, 34, see “infinity”
Shaw, George Bernard, 234
skeptic(ism), 216, 250
social role(s), 166, 239
sociopathic, 169
snobbish, 138, 163, 187
space and time, 137, 163, 187, 189
status, 163
Strauss, Erwin W., 165
strengths and weaknesses, 42, 51-52
Structure of Value, 26n, 29n, 30n, 34n, 36n, 38n, 41n, 124n, 147n
suicide, 43, 147, 155
systemic dimension (S), 55-56, 169-223
-formal concepts or constructs, 31
-fulfilment of, 31, 33
-measures capacity to discern value in systems, and order in self and world, 55-56
-overvaluation, 179-189, 198-206, 213, 216, 234-236, 239, 240
-undervaluation, 172-173, 188, 198-203
206-213, 216-217, 236-240
systemic valuation, 31, 169, 172, 179, 182, 187-189, 198, 203, 206, 213-217, 230-231, 234-240
systemic value concepts, 31-31
-as finite intensional sets or concepts, 31
-as formal constructs, 32
teleology, 188
therap(ist)(y), 43, 123, 149-152, 215, 163, 169-198
time, 164-165, 172
-organizing, 164, 188-189
totalitarian, 234
total set of properties, 28
transfinite mathematics, 28
-Hartman’s sources, 31n
transpositions, 33-34
true believer, 234
true to self, 148
undervaluation, see “extrinsic value dimension,” “intrinsic value dimension,” and “systemic value dimension”
uniqueness, 32
validation of HVP, 31, 41, 43, 61-62
valuation, 29-30, 39, 42, 237-238
value(s)
-and concepts, 28-32
-and meaning, 27
-combinations, 33-34
-definition of, 27
-degrees of, 29-30
-dimensions of, 31, 35,
-experts, 30
-measuring, 28-29
-sensitivity, 1, 30, 51, 60B-60C, 229
-standard(s), 30; see “norm(s)” and
“strengths and weaknesses”
value score (V.Q.), 52, 57-58, 87
-measures both capacity to value
-objective or external situations, and
inner harmony or discord, 57
Wells, H. G., 233
Whitman, Walt, 173
work, 36, 66
worldly, 115, 173, 227,
worse, 32
