Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, the Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook II: Affective Domain

The Affective Domain is divided into two major sections or parts. The first is largely devoted to describing the nature of the affectire taxonomy, explaining its development, and examining various assumptions upon which it rests. The second is composed of the classification scheme itself, together with numerous sets of illustrative objectives and test items. This classification scheme, or taxonomy, is made up of five hierarchically arranged categories which provide individual descriptions of different changes that occur in behavior as values or attitudes are learned. Each of these categories, then, is partitioned into several subdivisions that contain groups of sample test items and educational objectives. In all, the five categories furnish a total of thirteen separate subdivisions.