multiple-role playing

a management development technique involving group role play. A large group is broken up into smaller groups, each of which comprises three people sitting in one row and the three people sitting directly behind them. Each six-person group is then given the same problem, with each member assigned one of six roles in the decision-making process. The solutions derived by each group are then reported to the entire body. See also business game; case method; conference method; scenario analysis.

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Psychology term of the day

February 25th 2025

transcultural psychotherapy

any form of psychodynamic psychotherapy that emphasizes cultural sensitivity and awareness, including culturally defined concepts of emotion, drives, and behavior. In the psychiatric community, the term is used somewhat more often in a sense similar to multicultural therapy in clinical psychology.