The first year of life is a time of rapid growth and profound transformation. For developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, this period is marked by the psychosocial conflict of trust versus mistrust—the first of eight critical stages in his psychosocial theory of development.| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
Erik Erikson's psychosocial development theory proposed that throughout our lives, we encounter certain crises that contribute to our psychosocial development. He presented these crises as 8 stages of psychosocial conflicts, often known as the 8 Erikson stages.| The Psychology Notes Headquarters