You are attending a departmental party for faculty and student majors. one faculty member, as he does at every departmental party, spends his time delivering what sounds like a lecture to students in a classroom, boring everyone with his vast knowledge of theories and research. this is an illustration by this faculty member of

Role Fixation

Explanation:

From the given case/scenario we can state that this an example of role fixation. Role fixation is known as or referred to as acting out or portrayal of specific role and thus the role alone irrespective of what the circumstance or  situation might ask or require. Role fixation under a decision making group can tend to occur or take place when an individual will move from a group to another.

Role fixation  

Explanation:

Role fixation is the acting out of a specific role and that role alone doesn't matter what the situation might require.  

Role fixation in decision making can occur when an individual moves from one group o another group or it can happen with a single group. It is a persistent focus of the id pleasure-seeking energies at the early stage. Fixation was the most important aspect for the Freudian and not Freudian psychologist. If you have a problematic behavior or fixation to specific subjects or habits there are the things that you can do to overcome such tendency.