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.