Robert enters boot camp. Over the course of boot camp, he is…

Robert enters boot camp. Over the course of boot camp, he is told that most of the social rules that he uses to navigate daily life are wrong. In their place are new rules that he adopts, which affects how he socially interacts. This is most likely an example of: 

“Joe the sociologist wants to understand how likely people a…

“Joe the sociologist wants to understand how likely people are to be nice. He decides that as the temperature goes down, the more likely people are to be nice. He also decides that the later in the year it gets, the more likely people are to be nice. Finally, he decides that the closer to the weekend it is, the more likely people are to be nice. Which was the dependent variable?”

Lisa is playing a board game with her little brother. While…

Lisa is playing a board game with her little brother. While her brother is able to understand the rules, he doesn’t really seem to understand that Lisa is trying to have fun, too. So, he insists that she takes moves that only benefit him. When something in the game doesn’t benefit him, he insists that they change it. In the end, when he loses, he insists that Lisa was playing the game wrong. While Lisa’s brother was able to play the game, his play was completely self-centered. He isn’t quite able to see that his role exists within a social context. He is only just beginning to be able to think of other people and cannot do it well. According to Mead’s stages of development, which stage is this child most likely in?