“…A review of the literature failed to uncover a standardized scale that would adequately measure the variables of interest in this study. Instruments (Allport, Vernon, & Lindzey, 1951;Anderson & Anderson, 1954;Bills, Vance, & McLean, 1951;Grace & Grace, 1952;Johnson & Stanley, 1955;McDonald, 1956;Morris, 1956;Woodruff, 1942) that have been developed to measure value structure would have required modifications and extensive editing to adapt them for use with a population of mental retardates. It was therefore necessary to design a measure based on a classification structure which would reflect individual differences in the mental retardate's responses to social value-need conflict situations.…”