Assertion (A): Fear of failure and pressure to achieve should not be induced in children to ensure that every child gets good marks in examinations. 

Reason (R): For meaningful learning to take place, it is important that children feel a sense of physical and emotional security. 

Choose the correct option. 

Learning is a change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience. Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences.

• Fear is an emotion that creates high levels of anxiety in a person and causes the loss of courage in a person.

Key Points

• Fear of failure makes a person scared of failing. It commonly happens to students. The reason for such fear is due to peer pressure, focusing on the outcome rather than concentrating on the learning.
• It even damages the mental and emotional state. Sometimes the fear overpowers the students in such a manner that they even commit drastic measures.
• Children should be counseled and should be made to understand that failure is natural in the process of learning and they should not focus on failure or success, rather they should put effort into developing their concepts.

• Fear of failure and pressure to achieve should not be induced in children because for meaningful learning to take place it is important that children feel a sense of physical and emotional security.