Honors Theses

Date of Award

Summer 5-2023

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

First Advisor

Matthew Reysen

Second Advisor

Andrew Hales

Third Advisor

Paul Loprinzi

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

The present study was conducted in order to investigate the relationships between academic entitlement, grit, prospective memory, retrospective memory, and GPA. To investigate these relationships, participants were asked to fill out multiple questionnaires including the AEQ, PRMQ, and the Grit Scale survey. GPAs for participants were taken from the Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning office. The results of this study showed that students with high grit scores were more likely to have lower academic entitlement, higher GPAs, and higher prospective and retrospective memory scores. Ultimately, these results suggest that certain traits and abilities may be predictive of academic success. Looking forward, these results may be useful in understanding and combating obstacles to academic success.

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