Susie isn't old enough to go to school yet, but she loves to play house. She has a toy stove and pretends to be a mother. Sometimes, when that gets boring, she goes outside, takes a garden hose, and pretends to be a firefighter. George Herbert Mead would say that she is:
A) taking into account the roles of all the other players.
B) in the play stage.
C) in the game stage.
D) her own generalized other.
E) aware of the roles of others.

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George Herbert Mead's theory of symbolic interactionism suggests that children go through stages of play, starting with the "play stage" where they imitate the actions of significant others like parents or caregivers. Based on the given scenario, Susie is pretending to be a mother and a firefighter, which falls under the play stage of Mead's theory.

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