According to erikson, if an elementary school child fails to succeed in learning new skills and knowledge, the result may be the development of a sense of stagnation inferiority shame and doubt role confusion isolation

According to Erikson, if a child fails to succeed in learning a new skill and gain knowledge this child may develop a sense of inferiority. This is basically a sense of general inadequacy that is unrealistic. It can be caused by either real or supposed inferiority in ones life, and sometimes can be marked by an aggressive compensation behavior.

Bob: coke is baby pandas.jim: what? how do you figure that coke is baby pandas? bob: because this book says so.jim: how do we know the book is correct? bob: because it says that coke is baby pandas.jim: how does that prove the book's accuracy? bob: because it's statement involving coke and baby pandas is correct, therefore it is accurate.jim: how do we know that it's correct? bob: because we have concluded that the book is accurate, and therefore the statement is correct.therefore, coke is baby pandas.