Role theory — is a perspective in social psychology that considers most of everyday activity to be living up to the roles, or expectations, of others.It posits the following propositions about social behavior: #People spend much of their lives in groups.… … Wikipedia
Role-playing battle systems — is a systematic set of rules to determine how battle should flow in an role playing game. There are three main types, with different variations.ConceptsThe main concepts to overcome during battle in an RPG are as follows: * How time should flow.… … Wikipedia
patient role — noun the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause • Syn: ↑affected role, ↑patient • Hypernyms: ↑semantic role, ↑participant role … Useful english dictionary
participant role — noun (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause • Syn: ↑semantic role • Topics: ↑linguistics • Hypernyms: ↑grammatical category, ↑syntactic category … Useful english dictionary
semantic role — noun (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause • Syn: ↑participant role • Topics: ↑linguistics • Hypernyms: ↑grammatical category, ↑syntactic category … Useful english dictionary
Action role-playing game — Not to be confused with Live action role playing game … Wikipedia
Social role valorization — In psychology and social work practice, Social Role Valorization (SRV) is the name given to an analysis of human relationships and human services, formulated in 1983 by Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, as the successor to his earlier formulation of the… … Wikipedia
History of live action role-playing games — Technically, many childhood games are simple LARPscite web|url=http://www.nifplay.org/states play.html|title=Play science the Patterns of Play|publisher=The National Institute for Play|accessdate=2007 11 09 The National Institute for Play… … Wikipedia
Alignment (role-playing games) — In some role playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. Not all role playing games have such a system, and some… … Wikipedia
Heat-affected zone — The heat affected zone (HAZ) is the area of base material, either a metal or a thermoplastic, which has had its microstructure and properties altered by welding or heat intensive cutting operations. The heat from the welding process and… … Wikipedia