Which of the following statements is true about Erik Erikson's trust-versus-mistrust stage of development?
A. The issue of trust versus mistrust is resolved once and for all in the first year of the infant's life.
B. Infants who learn trust by being cared for in a consistent, warm manner will never develop mistrust in life.
C. Children who leave infancy with a sense of trust can still have their sense of mistrust activated at a later stage, perhaps if their parents get divorced.
D. Even though the issue of trust versus mistrust arises at each successive stage of development, it can have only positive outcomes.
Answer: C
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