If adolescent learners are exposed to frequent rejection by parents and teachers it leads to :
Inferiority feelings
Frequent rejection and criticism from significant figures like parents and teachers during adolescence undermines a learner's sense of self-worth and competence.
According to Adlerian psychology and related developmental research, this repeated negative feedback commonly leads to persistent inferiority feelings, where the adolescent begins to doubt their own abilities and worth.
Brain disorders, generalised fear, and mental retardation are not the typical psychological outcomes of repeated social rejection — inferiority feelings are the well-established consequence in developmental psychology.
Important Questions from Factors affecting Development
Which of the following statements is/are connected to the child's environment in the mother's womb?
I. The quality and quantity of nutrition the fetus receives within the mother's womb
II. Any damage or accident to the baby in the womb
III. Single child or multiple children are being raised in the womb
How can a teacher help students develop healthy eating habits?
Factors that affect mental health of some children and teenagers except-
Statement I: According to the ecological systems theory, the innermost level consists of activities and the interaction patterns in the child's inner most surroundings.
Statement II: Bronfenbrenner emphasizes that to understand child development at this level we must keep in mind that all relationships are unidirectional.Match the ecological systems List-I with their corresponding environments in List-II :
List-I List-II (a) Mesosystem (i) child's immediate surroundings (b) Exosystem (ii) cultural values and customs (c) Microsystem (iii) connections between microsystems (d) Macrosystem (iv) formal organizations
