Kristen, in Her Role as Team Leader, Has Recently Switched

question 46

Multiple Choice

Kristen, in her role as team leader, has recently switched her style from one of clarifying team roles to one of emphasizing task accomplishment. Her change was driven by a desire to keep pace with her team, which has evolved from the _____ stage to the _____ stage of team development.

• A) forming, storming
• B) storming, performing
• C) performing, adjourning
• D) norming, performing
• E) storming, reforming

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Definitions:

Spurious Relationship

A false or misleading correlation between two variables that appear to be connected but are actually related due to the presence of a third, hidden factor.

Control Variable

A variable that is kept constant during an experiment to ensure that any changes in the outcome are due to the independent variable.

Independent Variables

Factors in a study or experiment that are altered or adjusted in order to examine their impacts on the variables that depend on them.

Dependent Variables

In research, these are the variables that are tested to see if they are affected by changes in independent variables, essentially the outcome of interest.