trust exercise

a common procedure in group therapy and growth groups intended to help participants learn to trust other people. The trust exercise may involve putting a member in a vulnerable position requiring him or her to depend on other group members for support. See also blind walk.

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May 8th 2024

ontogeny

n. the biological origin and development of an individual organism from fertilization of the egg cell until death. Also called ontogenesis. Compare phylogeny. See also recapitulation theory. —ontogenetic adj.