Impact of personality traits on study habits and educational aspirations of arts and science college students

P Tenzing; S. B. Inayath Ahamed

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS2.8765

Authors

Tenzing. P
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Department of Business Administration, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil – 626 126, Tamil Nadu, India
S. B. Inayath Ahamed Department of Business Administration, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil – 626 126, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

personality traits factors, study habits, academic achievement, educational aspiration

Abstract

Personality refers to individual differences in thoughts, emotions, behavioural thoughts or imaginary patterns. The study of personality concentrates on two wide areas: One is understanding individual variations in specific personality traits, like friendliness or peevishness. The other is seeing how the differentcharacteristics of an individual meet up overall. Trait psychology lays on the possibility that individualswill differ depending on where they stand on the side of a set of importantattributes that persist over time and conditions. The broadpattern of attributes is known as the Five Factor Model. Study skills, academic skill, or researchmethodologies are the concepts areutilised to learning. Study skills are a variety of abilities which tackle the most common way of taking and organizing in,innovativesource, retaining data, or managingappraisals. In a broader sense, subjects that supportthe ability of those study, retain and reviewuseful and tested informationcan be treated as learning skills, which may include time management and persuasivestrategies. Educational requirements reflect the educational goals that one has set. It is significance as it empowers and energizes the person to accomplish them. The reasons of this essay are to analyse the impact of three sets of indicators: background, parental involvement, and student personal or educational self-assessment.

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