AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS FACED BY UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF BENIN EDO STATE

This study examined the assessment of the psychological factors faced by undergraduate biology students. Four research questions were raised and answered. A descriptive survey research design was used and a questionnaire was adopted to solicit information from the respondents, four research questions were used as a guide to research and a sample of the study comprised of 60 Students, Mean, standard Deviation, criterion Mean we're used to analyze the Data collection to answer the research questions. The reliability of the instrument was calculated using the cronhbach’s Alpha coefficient and the reliability stood at to be 00.85.

Findings of the Study revealed that these psychological factors self-efficacy, anxiety, depression and stress faced by these undergraduate biology students play a crucial role on each of their academic pursuits and was recommended that these students should build up High self-efficacy in order to attain good success and surpass challenging tasks ,Seek counselling services whenever feelings of anxiety, depression or stress becomes overwhelming and lastly the university should create policies that reduces excessive academic workload and provide a balanced learning environment for science students.