Katrina, age 5, and sharon, age 4, love to play together while their mothers chat. katrina has a toy iron and washing machine. she and sharon spend hours "washing" and "ironing" her baby doll's clothes, just like they see their mothers do. which of george herbert mead's stages of development are katrina and sharon exemplifying?

a. the preparatory stage
b. the play stage
c. the game stage
d. the "generalized other" stage