During Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development, when trust or mistrust are the ways of coping, the most important body part is the:
a. anus.
c. stomach.
b. mouth.
d. nose.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Erikson's oral-sensory stage of psychosocial development, paralleling Freud's oral stage, occurs during our first year of life, the time of our greatest helplessness. During this stage, the mouth is of vital importance. Erikson wrote that the infant lives through, and loves with, the mouth.
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