The term "conative" is used to describe constructs that span both motivational and volitional aspects of human behavior, distinguished from constructs that emphasize cognition and affection. Among the conative constructs are achievement strivings, beliefs about self-esteem and self-efficacy, interests and attitudes about learning, volitional aspects, and constructs related to self-regulation and mindfulness. This pilot research project was conducted to gain familiarity with various instruments used to measure conative constructs and to gain preliminary understanding of interrelationships among the conative constructs measured by the instruments. Sixty college students completed measures of approaches to learning and studying, mindfulness, action versus state orientation, and mastery versus performance orientation. On the whole, these measures demonstrated reasonably good psychometric properties and represented a good preliminary approach to research on the conative constructs. Of particular interest was the high correlation between mindfulness and the deep approach. (Contains 24 references.) (SLD)