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...

Role-playing game theory is the study of role-playing games (RPGs) as a social or artistic phenomenon, also known as ludology. RPG theories seek to understand...

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

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

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

the mechanism through which roles are assigned or denied, either to oneself or others. The theory describes malleable roles and storylines that determine...