alleryStart learning →In Mead's play stage, what are children newly able to do?
ATake on several roles at once
BTake on one other person's role
COnly copy what they see
DImagine all of society's views
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Take on one other person's role
1. Mead set out a path with a preparatory stage, a play stage and a game stage.
2. In the preparatory stage children can only imitate what they see.
3. In the play stage they begin to take on the role of one other person, acting out a parent.
4. Holding several interacting roles in mind at once belongs to the later game stage.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 5.1 Theories of Self-Development_
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