Role theory is a concept in sociology and in social psychology that considers most of everyday activity to be the acting-out of socially defined categories...

both functionalist and interactionist understandings of society. Social role theory posits the following about social behavior: The division of labour in...

Role-taking theory (or social perspective taking) is the social-psychological concept that one of the most important factors in facilitating social cognition...

Role congruity theory proposes that a group will be positively evaluated when its characteristics are recognized as aligning with that group's typical...

predisposition. As an aspect of role theory, gender role theory "treats these differing distributions of women and men into roles as the primary origin of sex-differentiated...

A role-playing game theory is the ludology of role-playing games (RPGs); a study of the topic as a social or artistic phenomenon. RPG theories seek to...

differential association theory is essentially sociological.[citation needed] Sarbin argues that peer educators will adapt to the role expectations of a tutor...

theta roles include Fillmore (1968) (Fillmore called theta roles "cases") and Gruber (1965). Theta roles are prominent in government and binding theory and...

labeling theory, role engulfment refers to how a person's identity becomes based on a role the person assumes, superseding other roles. A negative role such...

contributions to the psychology of religion and for his development of "role theory". Sundén studied in Paris, where he interviewed the French philosopher...

theory was to systemically examine contextual variability in development processes. As the theory evolved, it placed increasing emphasis on the role of...

Symbolic interactionism is a sociological theory that develops from practical considerations and alludes to humans' particular use of shared language to...

temperament back to the ancient Greeks, Keirsey developed a modern temperament theory in his books Please Understand Me (1978), Portraits of Temperament (1988)...

GNS theory is an informal field of study developed by Ron Edwards which attempts to create a unified theory of how role-playing games work. Focused on...

Retrieved 6 June 2016. Mackey, B. A. (1977). Application of role conflict theory to the role expectations held for the dean of students by various reference...

Robert Agnew Role strain, a concept in role theory in sociology This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Strain theory. If an internal...

California, Santa Cruz. He was known as "Mr. Role Theory" because of his contributions to the social psychology of role-taking. Sarbin was born on May 8, 1911...

A role-playing video game, role-playing game (RPG) or computer role-playing game (CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of...

in sociological systems theory. Parsons is one of the founding fathers of medical sociology, and applied social role theory to interactional relations...

based on a person's sex that occurs in a place of employment. Social role theory may explain one reason for why occupational sexism exists. Historically...

for his role as Georgie Cooper in the The Big Bang Theory franchise, appearing in Young Sheldon (2017–2024). He is scheduled to reprise the role in the...

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional...

The dead Internet theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated...

development. Theory X explains the importance of heightened supervision, external rewards, and penalties, while Theory Y highlights the motivating role of job...

sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005), Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019) and as the title character in the HBO Max comedic thriller The...

sociologist of the classical tradition, best known for his social action theory and structural functionalism. Parsons is considered one of the most influential...

circumstances. Social role theory can dictate many different types of social roles, in particular, gender roles. These gender roles imply that men and women...

Terror management theory (TMT) is both a social and evolutionary psychology theory originally proposed by Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, and Tom Pyszczynski...

Altercasting is a theory created by Eugene Weinstein and Paul Deutschberger in 1963. The theory relies on the concept of persuasion. The goal of altercasting...

The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers and head writers...