The Development of Role Taking

In chapter 5, I find the topic "The Development of Role Taking" very interesting because as you observe people around you growing up, you start to notice that everyone's identity is combined through their experiences which makes them who they are. For example, if a person was to be labeled or seen from other people's perspective that they aren't pretty, not good enough, or not smart enough, then the person being labeled would change their own behavior just to fit in, known as role taking. I find it interesting because it is obvious but not a lot of people realize who or what they are until they hear it from others and it can either be true or false.

Next, the "Play Stage" discusses young children's and how they develop taking the perspective of one person at a time. Then, the "Game Stage," when children's first begin to participate in organized activities such as school events and team sports. However, I think what makes a kid a kid is when they are in their play stage because they are not able to tell whats right from wrong in public places or just in front of other people. Furthermore, when a child is at the game stage, those around them starts to notice that the child is maturing when they start to take sports and other things serious. I believe these two stages are very important because they determine the child's growth from being a baby to a young teen.

Lastly, we have the "Generalized Other," the perspective of society and its constituent values and attitudes. This idea expands as the child grows to experience with others and help matures the child in their growth of experiencing with society. In addition, I believe the idea of generalized other relates to the societies expectations of you and what you should become. All of these ideas plays a big role in who you are because through these experiences, as you grow older, you may have good or bad experiences relating to family members and friends, or maybe worse, spiders! For example, if a child had a bad incident with spiders, they would grow up hating it or liking it if they overcome their fears of spiders.