Active Listening

The person who starts in the communication process is called

• Receiver

• Speaker

• Sender

• The Dude

The one for whom the message is intended for.

• Sender

• Speaker

• Receiver

• None of these

The process of selecting symbols by the sender to express meaning.

• Decoding

• Sender

• Receiver

• Encoding

The observable response of the sender to the receiver's message

• Feedback

• Message

• interference

• agreement

Sounds that prevent a person from being heard.

• Physical Noise

• Psychological Noise

• Semantic Noise

• Miscommunication

Interference caused by words that lead to misunderstanding by triggering strong negative feelings against the speaker or the content of the speech.

• Physical Noise

• Psychological Noise

• Noise

• Semantic Noise

The thoughts and feelings people have that interfere with their paying attention to what is being said.

• Psychological Noise

• Physical Noise

• Semantic Noise

• Noise

The process engaged in by the receiver of finding a meaning for a symbol.

• Decoding

• Sender

• Receiver

• Encoding

This is when anything gets in the way of clear communication.

• Message

• Feedback

• Interference

• listening

This type of listener makes little or no effort to listen or understand. They will often be rude to the speaker.

• Entertainer

• Daydreamer

• Bored or Bothered

• Chatterer