... dad around she always felt that he was being nice to her to please her mother. The lack of love from her father may have contributed in the lack of trustworthiness in herself. Janice stated that she has trouble today forming relationships due to her father's absence in life. Erikson believes that the necessary healthy experience for the development of trust ... ...

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... . The first stage, Trust vs. Mistrust, occurs from approximately birth to one year. Erikson defined trust as an essential trustfulness of others as well as a fundamental sense of one's own trustworthiness. He thought that an infant who gets fed when he is hungry and comforted when he needs comforting will develop trust. He also said that some mistrust is necessary to ... ...

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