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?