Sentence:  These <WSD>values</WSD> give direction to the life of the middle-class man or woman , dictating the methods of child rearing , determining the pattern of community participation , setting the style for the psychiatric treatment of middle-class illness , and informing the congregational life of the major denominations . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)