Question

Katrina, age 5, and Sharon, age 4, love to play together while their mothers chat. Katrina has a toy iron and washing machine. She and Sharon spend hours "washing" and "ironing" her baby doll’s clothes, just like they see their mothers do. Which of George Herbert Mead’s stages of development are Katrina and Sharon exemplifying?

Answer 1

Answer:

By playing with each other using toys as their parents do with the real machines, then the children are at the preparatory stage, as per the George Herbert Meads's stages of development.

Explanation:

• Mead thought that development happened in three stages, which are;

1. The preparatory stage.
2. The play stage
3. The game stage.

The preparatory stage is the period when children try to play roles as imitated from what is usually done with those close to them, as in our above example's case.