This study examined the relationship between the level of achievement motivation of Essex County College students and their grades in psychology. Forty-one ECC students, both male and female, predominantly lower-class black students, took part in the study. The level of achievement motivation was measured in terms of the scores a person obtained on a Personality Questionnaire, Scale 1 of a standardized test in achievement motivation. Grades were measured in terms of the final grade the student received in a psychology course. Results of the study showed that there was no correlation between the test scores on the Personality Questionnaire and grades in psychology courses. (DB)