In adulthood a person usually has to work and provide for themselves or others which can put a lot of stress on someone if they do not have a sufficient job or a job they enjoy. An adult 's work and relationships greatly determine the stress of a person and can show what kind of person someone really is. Many people go through a midlife crisis where they feel like their life has gone unfulfilled and they need something to make them feel youthful and excited again. Late adulthood is where people go through many changes physically, mentally, and social due to old age and deterioration. There are many diseases a person may contract, death of loved ones, and death itself knocking at one 's door and everyone deals with these things differently. Throughout the course of life, the way a person is raised and treated in childhood and infancy impacts how they will be established and how they will behave and these factors are more effective than the factors and events that occur in adolescence and adulthood because of how events in early life affect a person 's mental health, physical development, and social …show more content…
A child learns trust in the first year of their life which can be a very good thing or a very bad thing. If the child is well-taken care of and is shown affection and is cared for properly the child will develop trust and they will feel safe in the world. If a child is mistreated and neglected in the first year of life they can develop much anxiety and a lack of trust which carries on throughout their life. This idea of trust and mistrust is the first part of Sigmund Freud’s theory of Psychosexual Development and Erik Erickson’s Psychosocial Stages (Morris & Maisto, 2013). The next stage occurs right after and is developed through the first and third year of life and is autonomy against shame and doubt. This is where children realize that they can make decisions for themselves and be independent. Children begin to pick out things for themselves that they prefer and they begin to do things by themselves and for themselves. A parent in this situation has to support the child and be there to help them make decisions but not make the decisions entirely for them. If a child is doing something on