Question

The child of about 8 or 9 years of age begins to consider several tasks and relationships simultaneously. At this point in development, children grasp not only their own social positions but also those of others around them. Mead calls this stage the:
(A) Newborn stage
(B) Infancy stage
(C) Game stage
(D) Early education stage

Answer 1

Answer:

(C) Game stage

Explanation:

According to Sociologist George Herbert Mead (1863—1931)this stage is called the Game Stage. He developed the three stages of self development. The Game stage being the final act, where (like described in the question) children learn what roles they have as well as the roles of others around them. Meade believed that growing up we learn about who we are by the interactions that we have with the people around us.

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