Question

Torrie is alarmed to learn that her roommate could very possibly be a hoarder. There are cans of food under her bed and on every closet shelf. At first, Torrie thought she was bringing her favorite foods to school with her, but later, Torrie cannot help but notice her roommate's mistrust of others and general sense of insecurity. Torrie knows that babies feel secure when food and comfort are provided with consistency, continuity, and sameness of experience. When infants feel secure and that the world can be trusted, as adults they can confidently explore the social world. This scenario describes Erikson's:

Answer 1

The answer is: first crisis of life, trust versus mistrust.

According to erickson's trust versus mistrust, at some point people would experience a period of time when experience an uncertainty on whether we should trust the caregivers around us to help us survive in the environment.

For most people, this crisis happened between the age of 0 - 2. If, this crisis is not solved within those age , it might resulted in further complication as we got older. Hoarding behavior that displayed by the roommate could be interpreted as a result for this unsolved issue