If a situation unfolds, it develops and becomes known or understood. The outcome depends on conditions as well as how events unfold. If a story unfolds or if someone unfolds it, it is told to someone else.

What does unfolding mean in psychology?

n. a unidimensional scaling procedure in which respondents evaluate a set of items and their choices are used to construct a continuum along which their relative preferences are placed.

What does it mean when a story unfolds?

If a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to other people: Like a lot of people, I've watched the events of the last few days unfold on TV. As the plot unfolds, you gradually realize that all your initial assumptions were wrong.