Question

Fourteen-year-old David rarely turns in his homework and often skips school, and so he is earning Ds and Fs in most of his classes. Yet he expresses his sincere desire to go to college and "make something of myself." This apparent inconsistency between his poor academic performance, on the one hand, and his strong interest in going to college, on the other, can probably best be explained by:

Answer 1

Answer:

Insufficiently developed self-regulation skills.

Explanation:

Self-regulation skills are the skills that control the emotions, behavior and body movements according to a situation. Learning how to self regulate is an important skill that should be nurtured in childhood or it causes problem s in adulthood. Through self-regulation skills, children tend to find the reason for their disappointment and what they need to overcome them. As per the question, David wants to go to college but he is working on the skills which would lead to this outcome and therefore he has insufficiently developed self-regulation skills.