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In '''role-playing''', participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Role-playing is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theatre, in which the participants are the actors who are playing parts. |
In '''role-playing''', participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Role-playing is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theatre, in which the participants are the actors who are playing parts. |
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Revision as of 15:13, 29 January 2003
In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Role-playing is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theatre, in which the participants are the actors who are playing parts.
Role-play is often used as a tool by mental health professionals, teachers, and trainers as a way to explore social situations and work through the possible actions and consequences.
For example, Peace Corps trainers use role-playing to prepare volunteers for entry into an unfamiliar culture. For another, marriage counselors may ask a husband and a wife to play the part of each other in a communication exercise.
Sexual role-play is a form of role-play in which partners take parts in a drama that provides sexual gratification; these might include a teacher and pupil, employer and maid, parent and child.
Note that confusion can also occur in French, where the name "jeux de role," is applied to psychodrama.
A role-playing game is a type of game where players role-play by assuming the role of a character in a fictional world.