Katrina, age 5, and Sharon, age 4, love to play together. 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 parents do. Which of George Herbert Mead’s stages of development are Katrina and Sharon exemplifying?

The preparatory stage

Explanation:

The preparatoryvstage of Herbert Meads stages of development is one of the three stages of the self in a child in his theory. Here the child mimics the behaviour of his surrounding environment and prepares himself/herself for the more sophisticated and complex tasks ahead. In this stage there is no sophisticated understanding of what is being mimicked.

intimacy, passion and commitment are the components of a interpersonal relationship emphasized in the triangular theory of love by robert sternberg.

the triangular theory of love says love can be comprehend as this componest form the vertices of a triangle.  

intimacy relates to feelings such as of closeness and connection;

passion relates the drives that brings people together, as physical attraction.

commitment relates to the being in a long-term relationship.