Key Words: arranges, builds, combines, composes, constructs, creates, designs, initiate, makes,

originates.

Key Words: adapts, alters, changes, rearranges, reorganizes, revises, varies.

Key Words: assembles, builds, calibrates, constructs, dismantles, displays, fastens, fixes, grinds,
heats, manipulates, measures, mends, mixes, organizes, sketches.

Key Words: copies, traces, follows,

react, reproduce, responds

Examples: Use a personal computer. Repair a

Mechanism (basic proficiency): This is
leaking faucet. Drive a car.
the intermediate stage in learning a
complex skill. Learned responses have
Key Words: assembles, calibrates, constructs,
become habitual and the movements
dismantles, displays, fastens, fixes, grinds, heats,
can be performed with some confidence
manipulates, measures, mends, mixes, organizes,
and proficiency.
sketches.

Key Words: chooses, describes,

detects, differentiates, distinguishes,
identifies, isolates, relates, selects.

Examples: Knows and acts upon a sequence of

steps in a manufacturing process. Recognize one's
Set: Readiness to act. It includes
abilities and limitations. Shows desire to learn a new
mental, physical, and emotional sets.
process (motivation). NOTE: This subdivision of
These three sets are dispositions that
Psychomotor is closely related with the “Responding
predetermine a person's response to
to phenomena” subdivision of the Affective domain.
different situations (sometimes called
mindsets).
Key Words: begins, displays, explains, moves,
proceeds, reacts, shows, states, volunteers.