The Development of a Technique for the Measurement of Social-Emotional Climate in Classrooms

Rationale.--In the study1 proper a brief over view of current theories of learning from the associationist and field-theorist point of view precedes a statement of the major concepts, gleaned largely from the field-theorists, that guide the study. Certain postulates regarding the motivational factors in personality and re garding learning conditions are proposed. The primary motivational force of human behavior is postulated to be a drive toward self-actual ization. This drive is said to be influenced by: