After Jennifer's group in her communication class had met twice, they finally began to get serious about selecting a topic for their project. Several of the group members wanted to do a project concerning the parking situation on campus, because they thought it would be easy to understand. Tyler, a member of student government, wanted to do a project on the use of student fees, because he had worked on that already and had a lot of information. Each person in the group had a favorite topic, and no one wanted to consider the other topics. Most of the discussion revolved around trying to persuade the others to choose a given topic. Which phase is this group experiencing?
A) Orientation
B) Conflict
C) Emergence
D) Reinforcement

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The group is in the conflict phase, as they are experiencing disagreements and trying to persuade each other to choose their preferred topic.

After Jennifer's Group in Her Communication Class Had Met Twice