Affective Domain

Sir Elmer Ymz

The affective domain (Krathwohl,
Bloom, Masia, 1973) includes the
manner in which we deal with things
emotionally, such as feelings, values,
appreciation, enthusiasms,
motivations, and attitudes. The five
major categories are listed from the
simplest behavior to the most complex:
Category

Receiving Phenomena: Awareness,

willingness to hear, selected attention.

Key Words: asks, chooses, describes,

follows, gives, holds, identifies, locates,
names, points to, selects, sits, erects,
replies, uses.

Examples: Listen to others with respect.

Listen for and remember the name of newly
introduced people.
Category

Responding to Phenomena: Active

participation on the part of the
learners. Attends and reacts to a particular
phenomenon.

Key Words: answers, assists, aids,

complies, conforms, discusses, greets,
helps, labels, performs, practices, presents,
reads, recites, reports, selects, tells, writes.

Examples: Participates in class

discussions. Gives a presentation.
Category

Valuing: The worth or value a person

attaches to a particular object,
phenomenon, or behavior.

Key Words: completes, demonstrates,

differentiates, explains, follows, forms,
initiates, invites, joins, justifies, proposes,

Examples: Demonstrates belief in the

democratic process. Is sensitive towards
individual and cultural differences
Category

Organization: Organizes values into

priorities by contrasting different values,
resolving conflicts between them, and
creating an unique value system.
Key Words: combines, compares,
completes, defends, explains, formulates,
generalizes, identifies, integrates

Examples: Recognizes the need for

balance between freedom and responsible
behavior. Accepts responsibility for one's
behavior.
Category

Internalizing values (characterization):

Has a value system that controls their
behavior. The behavior is pervasive,
consistent, predictable, and most
importantly, characteristic of the
learner. Instructional objectives are
concerned with the student's general
patterns of adjustment (personal, social,
emotional).
Category

Internalizing values (characterization):

Key Words: acts, discriminates, displays,

influences, listens, modifies, performs,
practices, proposes, qualifies, questions,
revises, serves, solves, verifies.

Examples: Shows self-reliance when

working independently. Cooperates in group
activities
Sum UP!

1. Receiving

2. Responding

3. Valuing

4. Organization

5. Characterization
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In Krathwohl’s taxonomy of objective a in

the affective domain, which is the highest
level of affective behavior?

a. Responding c. Valuing
b. Organization d. Characterization
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In Krathwohl’s affective domain of

objectives, which of the following is the
LEAST authentic?

a. Responding c. Receiving
b. Valuing d. Organization
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Cognitive is to knowledge as affective is to

_______.

a. rights c. skills
b. obligation d. values
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Below are objectives stated differently. Which one is stated as

affective objective?
a. After completing this unit, the teacher should be able to give
two types of retention problems associated with learning
disabled children.
b. After reading this unit, the teacher should be able to write
clear behavioral objectives related to learning disabled
children.
c. After reading this unit, the teacher should have a greater
sensitivity to the characteristics of learning disabled children.
d. After reading this unit, the teacher should be able to indicate
a language problem characteristic of learning disabled
children