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? Select all that apply.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Sense of inferiority and sense of inadequacy

Sense of inferiority is a sense of feeling of not matching up to the standards by comparing ourselves with others. It generally results in low self-esteem and low confidence. It is thought to be unconscious over often drive an individual to overcompensate, resulting in either in excellence or poor performance of the individual.

Sense of inadequacy is the feeling of not being good enough . It results in feeling of low self-worth, incompetence such it starts to interfere in day to day activity such that maintaining relationship, succeed at work, etc.