In the initial stages of a group project when group members hold back their beliefs and feelings due to anxiety, shyness, lack of assertiveness, or the desire to minimize conflict, there is often apparent agreement on the front stage but lack of commitment on the back stage. This is often called the ___________________

A. false consensual imperative
B. storming, norming, and conforming phase
C. credentialing phase
D. boundary seeking phase
E. pseudo-orientation phase


ANS: e

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