STAGE1
During this stage, members are oriented to each other and the task; they are often polite, cautious, and look to a leader for guidance.
What is Forming?
In this stage, members start to share differing opinions on how to proceed, leading to tension, frustration, and challenges to roles and ideas.
What is Storming?
This stage marks the onset of cohesion and cooperation, where rules of behavior are spelled out and mutual trust replaces hesitant participation.
What is Norming?
Characterized by high autonomy and efficiency, this is the stage where the group is fully focused on attaining its goal—in this case, building a LEGO house.
What is Performing?
When a group reaches the adjourning stage, members might feel a range of emotions such as gratification, sadness, or this feeling of wanting the experience to be over.
What is Adjourning?
In the context of a LEGO-building group, this is the term for the ways members communicate and relate to each other—a process that happens simultaneously with task activity.
What is Group Structure?
This member expresses frustration by stating that stopping every minute to read the instructions is "slowing us down."Who is Rachel (P1)?
Who is Rachel (P1)?
During this stage, Alexas initiates the conversation about the rules of how to play together with the legos after the conflict.
What are norms?
During the performing stage, this concept promotes efficiency by highlighting how members rely on each other to reach objectives.
What is Interdependence?
True or false, was this stage added later than the others?
True
The ways in which members of a group communicate with and relate to each other.
what is Group Structure?
In the Storming stage, Rachel and Sella disagreed about where a LEGO piece should go and whether to follow the instructions closely. This demonstrates ________ within the group.
What is conflict?
Yes or No, is it possible to return to the Storming Stage after Norming?
Yes
True or false, the preforming stage is not reached by all groups.
True
Taking time to admire the completed LEGO house together demonstrates recognition of the group's ________.
What is accomplishment?
How the work is carried out and the nature of the interaction.
what is Task activity?
During Storming, members begin expressing frustrations and disagreements rather than avoiding them. This stage helps groups identify and address ________.
What are problems?
When Rachel asks if she can start on section four and the group discusses the best way to divide the work, they are establishing these.
What are Roles?
The group checking the finished LEGO house against the picture one final time demonstrates this shared focus during the performing stage.
What is Goal Achievement?
Suggesting that they build together again in the future shows that positive ________ were formed during the group's time together.
What are relationships?