CLEP Social Sciences

Answer - D - George Herbert Mead is best known for his evolutionary social theory of the genesis of the self and the mind.

Key Takeaway: George Herbert Mead was an American social psychologist and philosopher who was best known for his evolutionary social theory of the genesis of the self and the mind. Mead believed that the mind and the self undergo a continuous phase of evolution by constantly adjusting to the individual and to others. In doing so, the creation of the “self” is from the standpoint of others are our reaction to situations.