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                     roles can be described. The examples in Figure 12.4 and Figure 12.5 classify members’
                     behaviors during the observed discussion. Specific behaviors are listed along the left side
                     of the chart, and the participants’ names in the cells at the head of each column. Each
                     time a member speaks, the observer judges what the behavior was and places a tally mark
                     in the appropriate cell of the chart. The tally marks are then converted to numbers and


                                                                                          FIGURE 12.4
                      Group               Place                Observer
                                                                                          Content analysis of
                      Date         Beginning time             Ending time                 behavioral functions
                                                                                          of members
                                                              Participants’ Names

                               Behavioral Functions
                        1.  Initiating and orienting
                        2.  Information giving
                        3.  Information seeking

                        4.  Opinion giving
                        5.  Opinion seeking
                        6.  Clarifying and elaborating
                        7.  Evaluating

                        8.  Summarizing
                        9.  Coordinating
                       10.  Consensus testing
                        11.  Recording

                       12.  Suggesting procedure
                       13.  Gatekeeping
                       14.  Supporting
                       15.  Harmonizing

                       16.  Tension relieving
                       17.  Dramatizing
                       18.  Norming
                       19.  Withdrawing

                       20.  Blocking
                       21.  Status and recognition
                          seeking








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