In a team game, Mead said, the child must:
Aanticipate all players' roles
Bignore other players' roles
Ccopy a single caregiver
Dlearn rules from books
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. anticipate all players' roles
1. In the game stage a child takes the role of everyone involved in the game.
2. These roles must have a definite relationship to one another, as in his baseball example.
3. This is the first encounter with the generalised other.
_Source: Wikipedia, "George Herbert Mead" (rev 1379804092), section "Play and game and the generalized other"_
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