CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -the first of Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development, between birth and 18 months of age. During this stage, the infant either comes to view other people and himself or herself as trustworthy or comes to develop a fundamental distrust of his or her environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stage 1: Trust Versus Mistrust In the first stage of Erikson’s psychosocial model, infancy is crucial to our psychosocial development. During our initial 18 months, we are uncertain about the world in which we find ourselves and must develop basic trust.

Detailed explanation-3: -Erik Erikson believed that trust (in self and others) was the foundation of human development. The conflict between trust and mistrust occurs in the first stage of psychosocial development between the ages of 0-3.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consequently, the first stage, trust vs. mistrust, highlights the importance of attachment. Erikson maintained that the first year to year and a half of life involves the establishment of a sense of trust (Erikson, 1982).