The overall purpose of the investigation was to determine the existence and extent of several relationships regarding the college student's seating position in the classroom.The design also included provisions for determining the relationships between the student's choice of seat and their academic achievement, academic ability, self-concept, self-acceptance, self-actual1zlng values, self regard, self-acceptance, initial expression of interest in the course, initial estimate of difficulty expected in the course, and initial estimate of his final grade in the course.