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Erikson’s approach to personality development suggests that an infant’s early experiences (nurturing, feeding, cuddling, etc.) are responsible for shaping when?

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Responsible for shaping whether or not they become trusting individuals later in life

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Erikson embraced an approach or theory of development in which the impact of external factors, the society, and parents on personality development from the age of a child to when one becomes an adult. According to Erikson, the experiences of a child in areas such as feeding, nurturing, and cuddling, would determine if the child would have trust issues later in life or not.

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