DECISION MAKING AND ADJUSTMENT BEHAVIOUR OF VISUALLY CHALLENGED ADOLESCENTS
Keywords:
Adjustment behaviour, Adolescents, Decision making, Social cognitionAbstract
Successful decision making in a social setting depends on the ability to understand the intentions, emotions and beliefs of others. Children live and grow in the social world. Individuals think to satisfy their curiosity and mush of their social thought is practical, to attain their goal. Children’s thought about their social world influences how they behave towards it. The main purpose of this paper is to review the influence of decision making on adjustment behaviour of visually challenged adolescents. The sample was purposively selected to study the cases of two of the visually challenged adolescents from Special School, in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. The investigator with the help of Supervisor appraised the observed behaviour of adjustment in these children. It may be concluded that the social cognitive ability of decision making is at least, to certain extent influences adjustment behaviour of visually challenged adolescents. It is solely based on the case study carried out by the investigator.
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