The Group Process Includes All of the Following Stages EXCEPT

question 18

Multiple Choice

The group process includes all of the following stages EXCEPT:

• A) initial stage.
• B) forming stage.
• C) intimacy stage.
• D) transition stage.
• E) working stage.

---

Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

Defense Mechanism

psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Repression

A defense mechanism where distressing thoughts and feelings are unconsciously blocked from conscious awareness.