AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Forming. The first stage of group development is known as the forming stage-a time when the group is just starting to come together and is characterized by anxiety and uncertainty.

Detailed explanation-2: -This stage of team development is known as storming. Storming is the most difficult and unproductive of the five stages of development, but it is nevertheless vital to the team development process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Forming-characterised by a great deal of uncertainty about the group’s purpose, structure and leadership. Members ‘test the waters’ to determine what types of behaviour are acceptable. This stage is complete when members begin to think of themselves as part of a group.

Detailed explanation-4: -The initial forming stage is the process of putting the structure of the team together. Team members feel ambiguous and conflict is avoided at all costs due to the need to be accepted into the group.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the storming stage, people start to push against the established boundaries. Conflict or friction can also arise between team members as their true characters – and their preferred ways of working – surface and clash with other people’s.