3DEEPENING: DEBRIEFING TECHNIQUES AND GUIDELINES

Debriefing is an intuitive process. We all debrief. Take for example any baby with whom you are familiar. Now picture this infant, learning to get up and stand. He will try and err, try and err, and after a few weeks, he will stand. He will probably improve with every try. Why? It might be because his muscles grow stronger with each attempt; but a highly possible explanation is that he is also improving his technique. Here is another example: if someone is repeatedly unpleasant to this baby, the baby will learn to not approach him or her and avoid communicating with this person altogether. We can think of a dozen other scenarios in which people debrief. Even animals debrief (at least Pavlov’s ...

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