What are the components involved in making value judgments and do these components differentially predict value-relevant behavior? These questions are explored with three constructs derived from Heider and Smith: personal requiredness, social requiredness, and objective appropriateness. Personal requiredness in a male and female sample turns out to be the major component in value judgments and the best predictor of adaptive, value-relevant behavior. Implications concerning prevalent alternative ways of analyzing personal values are presented.