alleryToo much teacher emphasis on perfection can foster in students:
Agreater industry
Ba sense of inferiority
Ca firm identity
Dwider initiative
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. a sense of inferiority
1. Teachers help most when they are tolerant of less-than-perfect performance.
2. Too much emphasis on perfection can undermine confidence by making goals seem out of reach.
3. This fosters Erikson's inferiority instead of industry.
_Source: Seifert & Sutton, Educational Psychology 2e (CC BY 3.0), Ch 3 Student Development, "The crisis of childhood: industry and inferiority", p. 53_
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