Affective Objectives

Like cognitive objectives, affective objectives can be divided into a hierarchy (according to Kratwohl, Bloom, & Masia, 1964).   Affective objectives focus on attitudes, emotions, values, and beliefs.  In the MD curriculum you would see objectives like this in Service Learning, in The Heart of Medicine, and Introduction to the Patient.   

Area

Objective Verbs

Receiving

  • Feel
  • Sense
  • Capture
  • Experience
  • Pursue
  • Attend
  • Perceive

Responding

  • Conform
  • Allow
  • Cooperate
  • Contribute
  • Enjoy
  • Satisfy

Valuing

  • Believe
  • Respect
  • Justify
  • Seek
  • Search
  • Persuade

Organization

  • Examine
  • Clarify
  • Systematize
  • Create
  • Integrate

Internalization of Values

  • Internalize
  • Review
  • Conclude
  • Resolve
  • Judge