According to Erikson,trust is to infancy as identity is to
A) late adulthood.
B) childhood.
C) young adulthood.
D) adolescence.

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Erikson's theory of psychosocial development suggests that identity formation is the main developmental task of adolescence, just as trust versus mistrust is the main task of infancy. Therefore, identity is not associated with late adulthood, childhood, or young adulthood as directly as it is with adolescence.

According to Erikson,trust Is to Infancy as Identity Is to