Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory and Parenting

Step 1: Using the information from your textbook, power point presentations, and the Internet; write a one to two page paper answering the following questions:  

• Which aspects of parenting lead to this sense of trust? 
• What roles do physical comfort, consistency, lack of fearful situations, and feeding play? 
• What is the role of parental attentiveness? 
• Should the caregiver respond immediately to the infant’s cries? 
• Do you think that trust is developed more easily by later-born children because their parents are more confident? 
• What aspects of being the firstborn counterbalance the advantages of having experienced parents?