Erik Erikson's eight stages of development is his theory on how human development happens in psychosocial stages. Erik Erikson's first stage is trust versus mistrust. According to Erikson, this stage occurs from birth to age one and is the foundation for whether or not a person will see the world as a nice and pleasant place to live. Since infants rely entirely on caregivers to survive, their caregivers will shape their sense of trust in the world. This is an interesting theory coming from a man named Erik Erikson. When your last name is Erikson and then your parents name you Erik, I can't imagine this giving you much trust in the world to be a nice place to live. Also, it shows that your parents clearly aren't that clever. In the first stage in a person's development, the closest …show more content…
My father and all others in my life at that time were also caring and had my best interests in mind. With this being the case, I would have to say that I resolved the crisis and I find myself to be a very trusting person. However being so trusting comes with major drawbacks that cause all sorts of new problems. "You're far too trusting princess."(Governor Tarkin, Star Wars) A quote my husband tells me far too often. The love and care my husband received from his parents from birth to one was probably equivalent to my own. The only difference I can see is that I am the oldest of three and he is the middle child of seven. I did not have siblings between my birth and one, whereas he had three siblings at that time. He doesn't trust nearly as many people as I do. Unfortunately, he is right more often than not. I remember when we went to see the movie Frozen for the first time. As soon as the character Hans was introduced my husband leaned in towards me and whispered that he did not trust him. About halfway through the movie I had successfully convinced him that Hans was a good guy (though he would never admit it).