Investigation of Relationship between Study Habits and Achievement Motivation of College Students

Educational psychology is considered as an important branch of modern psychology. In it with study of behavior of a child to an old man is done scientifically in context of his learning environment. And the concept of motivation has taken many forms; It appears in our folklore, in our traditions and customs, in our great philosophical systems, and in our more recent science of behavior. The common and unifying element in these diverse conceptions is that motivation is an agency or factor or force that helps to explain behavior. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Study Habits and Achievement motivation of college students of Halol city in Gujarat state. In this research paper Study Habits inventory and Achievement Motivation inventory was used. The random sample (N=111) was taken from college. The product-moment coefficient of correlation method and “ t ” test was calculated to find out the result. Results showed positive relationship between Study Habits and Achievement motivation. It was also found that Study Habits and Achievement motivation are not gender sensitive. The high group of Study Habit students has achieved high results in Achievement then the low group of Study Habits students. The detail results are indicating in the paper.