Instructional Objective Verbs

Affective Domain

Reception	Response	Value	Organization	Characterization by Value or Value Complex
Acknowledge Ask Attend Be aware Choose Describe Follow Give Hold Identify Listen Locate Name Receive Reply Select Show alertness Tolerate Use View Watch	Agree to Answer Ask Assist Communicate Comply Consent Conform Contribute Cooperate Discuss Follow-up Greet Help Indicate Inquire Label Obey Participate Pursue Question React Read Reply Report Request Respond Seek Select Visit Volunteer Write	Accept Adopt Approve Complete Choose Commit Describe Desire Differentiate Display Endorse Exhibit Explain Express Form Initiate Invite Join Justify Prefer Propose Read Report Sanction Select Share Study Work	Adapt Adhere Alter Arrange Categorize Classify Combine Compare Complete Defend Explain Establish Formulate Generalize Group Identify Integrate Modify Order Organize Prepare Rank Rate Relate Synthesize Systemize	Act Advocate Behave Characterize Conform Continue Defend Devote Disclose Discriminate Display Encourage Endure Exemplify Function Incorporate Influence Justify Listen Maintain Modify Pattern Practice Preserve Perform Question Revise Retain Support Uphold Use

Definitions:

Reception: Willingness to receive or to attend to particular phenomena or stimuli: awareness, willingness to receive, and controlled or selected attention

Response: Willing to attend, but actively; student is sufficiently involved or commited to subject to seek it out and gain satisfaction from working or engaging with it.

Value: Student sees worth or value in subject; commited to the underlying value guiding the behavior

Organization: Bringing together a complex of values, possibly disparate, resolving conflicts between them, and building a consistent value system

Characterization by a Value or Value Complex: Internalization of values; values have controlled one’s behavior long enough to have developed into a pervasive, consistent, and predictable one.