When Jorge Was Young, He Liked to Paint His Toenails

Multiple Choice

When Jorge was young, he liked to paint his toenails pink with his sister. On the first day he started kindergarten, the other kids laughed at him and told him that he was acting like a girl with his toenails painted pink. Once he got home he took the nail polish off so that the kids would no longer make fun of him. According to George Herbert Mead's theory of socialization, Jorge now saw himself through the eyes of others who thought that boys are not supposed to wear nail polish. In other words, Jorge developed:

A) an "I."
B) his concrete operational stage.
C) a social consciousness.
D) an ego.