Few dominate, some passive, some not listening, some not listened to. Several talk at once. All get in. All are involved. All are listened to.
Discussion is cumulative and the group moves together.
Members assume they know what others are saying and evaluate and judge what others say before checking for meaning. Members use paraphrase, perception checking, provisional summaries to check their assumptions of what others are saying. Information clarified, added to, connected. Chains of ideas created. Group is uncomfortable with differences in thinking and either avoids the conflict or focuses it on attacking and judging Differences in thinking are seen useful to explore.