In the context of team conflict, unlike affective conflict, cognitive conflict: a. is associated with decreases in team performance. b. focuses on the emotional reactions that can occur when disagreements become personal rather than professional. c. is strongly associated with improvements in team performance. d. often results in hostility, anger, resentment, distrust, cynicism, and apathy.

The business cycle is the periodic but irregular up-and-down movement in economic activity, measured by fluctuations in real gross domestic product (gdp) and other macroeconomic variables. a business cycle is typically characterized by four phases—recession, recovery, growth, and decline—that repeat themselves over time. economists note, however, that complete business cycles vary in length. the duration of business cycles can be anywhere from about two to twelve years, with most cycles averaging six years in length. some business analysts use the business cycle model and terminology to study and explain fluctuations in business inventory and other individual elements of corporate operations. but the term "business cycle" is still primarily associated with larger (industry-wide, regional, national, or even international) business trends.