Affective objectives are designed to change an individual's attitude, choices, and relationships.
Example:
Given the opportunity to work in a team with several people of different races, the student will demonstrate a positive increase in attitude towards non-discrimination of race, as measured by a checklist utilized/completed by non-team members.
Krathwohl and Bloom created a taxonomy for the affective domain that lists levels of commitment (indicating affect) from lowest to highest.
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The levels are described as follows:
Affective Domain Hierarchy
Level
Definition
Example
Receiving
Being aware of or attending to something in the environment.
Individual reads a book passage about civil rights.
Responding
Showing some new behaviors as a result of experience.
Individual answers questions about the civil rights book, reads another book by the same author, another book about civil rights, etc.
Valuing
Showing some definite involvement or commitment.
The individual demonstrates this by voluntarily attending a lecture on civil rights.
Organization
Integrating a new value into one's general set of values, giving it some ranking among one's general priorities.
The individual arranges a civil rights rally.
Characterization by Value
Acting consistently with the new value.
The individual is firmly committed to the value, perhaps becoming a civil rights leader.
Here are key verbs for each level you can use when writing affective objectives:
Krathwohl, D.R., Bloom,B.S. and Masia, B. B. (1964).Taxonomy of educational objectives, Book II. Affective domain. New York, NY. David McKay Company, Inc.
