Week 3 Blog
Erikson’s Early Psychosocial Development in Chapter 5.1 - Trust vs Mistrust
After my last few blogs I found myself
more and more curious about temperament, and personality of newborn infants
along with the connection between nature vs nurture in continued development in
children . Reading about the first stage
of basic trust versus mistrust, I was able to understand more about how
important basic trust is right from the beginning of life for newborns. The
infant knowing their needs will be taken care of right away along with trust plays
a very important role in development.
I would like to know more about how
infants trust comes into play if they were brought into the world with
complications and forced to be taken away from the mother without proper
bonding time. I wonder at what timeframe it hinders between trust and mistrust,
or when they start to lose hope of trust. Is it hours, days?
If I had unlimited funds available I
would really like to do more research on the precious first few hours of an infant’s
life and find out more about how much time right after birth do infants begin
to lose hope of having trust, this really piqued my curiosity. I learned that
with a proper balance of the two infants can have hope, which then leads them
to be open to new experiences, even though they may be wary of the results. The other two stages, Autonomy vs shame and
doubt and initiative vs guilt were also very educational, however I would
really like to know more about the trust vs mistrust and the lifetime effect on
children as they grow and develop into adults.
I would also like to read more about attachment in general, I am looking
forward to learning more on this subject throughout the life-span of the human
being.
It's hard for me to imagine that newborns right out the womb start having to have what's called basic trust. I also thought this topic is very interesting to me even though my child is now seven years old. I reflect back on the bond my daughter and I had, which makes me feel good because it helped her a lot in a good way for her development.
ReplyDeleteI also would like to know more about trust or mistrust on kids taken from their moms. (That's so sad. :( )
I really enjoyed reading your blog. I found your blog very interesting great job Judy!
That's interesting that you would like to find out more about the the first hour of an infants life. When I had my daughter the hospitals routine was to take the child away to exam them while the mother is in postoperative care (C-section). The nurse I had was trying to change that rule and let my daughter stay with me right away. I never questioned why she was trying to set that as the new standard, but now I would like to know the reasoning behind it and if it has any long term effects.
ReplyDeleteI have some experience with the trust vs mistrust issue. When my youngest son was 3 months old, I had to have a major surgery done to both of my knees, leaving me pretty much incapacitated for about 6 months. As a result, my husband was in charge of meeting most of my sons needs. He would bring him to me sometimes when I was feeling capable, but he was the one doing most of the caregiving. As a result of this, my son is far more attached to his father than he is to me. Not to say that he doesn't have a great relationship with both of us, but definitely looks to my husband more for comfort, for example, when he falls and gets hurt. Sometimes it hurts my feelings a little, but I have to remember that he can't help but be closer to the person who gave him so much love and support as an infant.
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