Question

A teacher encourages a 10-year-old boy to play with his fellow students in school, but he is unable to make friends. He also has trouble completing the tasks he is given at school, so his parents try to motivate him. Which characteristics can be observed in this child due to failure at this stage of development, according to Erikson’s theory?

Answer 1

Answer: feeling of inferiority and inadequacy

Explanation:

This causes a child to have a low self esteem because they don't feel capable of doing certain things , they feel others are way better than they are which make them retreat to a corner and unable to socialize.

The child can believe that they are also capable to do well in their school work hence they do poor because they can't even try since they feel they don't even meet those standards that are needed to do well.