He child of about eight or nine 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:

Mead calls this stage in which the children of about eight or nine years of age begin to consider several tasks and relationships simultaneously and grasp not only their own social positions but also those of others around them the game stage.

It is one of three central components of George Herbert Mead's seminal discussion of the social foundation and development of the self.