Development
When we are young, we learn by mimicking, playing, and experimentation. As our language skills develop and formal schooling kicks in, these strategies are replaced by language-based learning, which can dampen our curiosity and motivation to learn. Roleplay simulation aims to revive the ease and joy of experiential learning.
Roleplay simulation models human interactions (allowing the players to roleplay) in a constructed environment by:
- creating an artificial social structure (or simulating some known social structure)
- enforcing the social structure
- providing plausible scenarios for players to respond, react and enrole to.
Role-play also has applications in forecasting. One forecasting method is to simulate the condition(s) being studied. Some experts in forecasting have found that role-thinking for producing inaccurate forecasts unless groups act as protagonists in their interactions with one another.
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