Conative development in ID children may involve difficulties understanding their own feelings and others’ feelings, leading to frustration during task performance.

• A. Conative development
• B. Emotional development
• C. Social development
• D. Motor development

Answer: (A)

Conative development is about the will to act—initiation, goal-directed effort, and persistence during tasks. When a child with intellectual disability has trouble understanding both their own feelings and others’ feelings, there’s a disruption in how they regulate arousal and motivation while working on a task. This emotional-motivational mismatch can lead to frustration and a tendency to withdraw or give up, which shows up as reduced persistence and effort—classic signs of weaker conative functioning.

Emotional development focuses on recognizing and labeling feelings, and social development on understanding and navigating interactions with others, while motor development deals with movement and coordination. The scenario links task engagement and perseverance (conation) directly to difficulties with emotional understanding, making conative development the best fit.