Aiden's substandard academic performance is both a cause and result of his feelings of academic inferiority. Aiden's situation best illustrates the importance of:

Reciprocal determinism

Explanation: The theory of reciprocal determinism argues that the behavior of an individual influences and his influenced by the individual's environment and personality trait. The theory argues that an individual's thought, perception, feeling has a great influence on the way and manner in which he interacts within the environment.

In the scenario above, Aiden's substandard academic performance can be concluded to be caused by his perception or thought of academic incompetence or inferiority and this belief or perception ultimately manifested in his performance. Alex bandana his credited with the development of these theory.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals