"Role-playing is the changing of one´s behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the Oxford English Dictionary offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one´s behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses:" - (en.wikipedia.org 15.02.2020)
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