Difference Research for Achievement Motivation of College Students of Different Sex Grades and Majors

In this research, a scale in achievement motivation was employed. The results of the research showed that there was a significant difference in college students achievement motivation level between different sexes; there was a higher level of achievement motivation among freshman than other grades; the motivation of avoiding failure was higher than that of pursuing success in the synthetic achievement motivation of the four grades; the motivation of avoiding failure among students in Science was significantly higher than that among students in Art.