German chancellor angela merkel is struggling to change the public 's growing belief that her government , elected only last fall , is divided and directionless .
But the continent 's largest economy is otherwise losing its competitive edge as a directionless government under president jacob zuma struggles to address industrial unrest , rising costs and growing social pressures .
Albert bandura , the father of the branch of psychology known as social learning theory , declared that unconditional love " would make children directionless and quite unlovable " - an assertion entirely unsupported by empirical studies .
