Active Listening

What is absent listening?

• When you are listening to the other person with total concentration, eye contact, etc.

• When you are not paying attention to what a person is saying

• When you are doing two things at the same time

What is partial listening?

• When you are listening to the other person with total concentration, eye contact, etc.

• When you are not paying attention to what a person is saying

• When you are doing two things at the same time and not fully listening

What is full listening?

• When you are kind of paying attention to someone

• When you are not paying attention to what a person is saying

• When you are listening to the other person with total concentration, eye contact, etc.

What are some environmental barriers to listening?

• Talking too fast, an accent, a difficult subject, disagreeing with the speaker.

• Loud noises in the background, sitting far apart, interruptions.

• Impatience, boredom, lack of focus, daydreaming.

What are some speaker related barriers to listening?

• Talking too fast, an accent, a difficult subject, disagreeing with the speaker.

• Loud noises in the background, sitting far apart, interruptions.

• Impatience, boredom, lack of focus, daydreaming.

What are intrinsic barriers to active listening?

• Talking too fast, an accent, a difficult subject, disagreeing with the speaker.

• Loud noises in the background, sitting far apart, interruptions.

• Impatience, boredom, lack of focus, daydreaming.

What are some belief filters that affect your ability to actively listen?

• Using your own experience to make a decision instead of listening to the other person.

• Making assumptions about what someone is saying.

• Have your mood alter what the other person is saying.

What are some experience filters that affect your ability to actively listen?

• Using your own experience to make a decision instead of listening to the other person.

• Making assumptions about what someone is saying.

• Have your mood alter what the other person is saying.

What are some mood filters that affect your ability to actively listen?

• Using your own experience to make a decision instead of listening to the other person.

• Making assumptions about what someone is saying.

• Have your mood alter what the other person is saying.

It is better to try to understand what the person is saying than to think of questions as someone speaks?

• True

• False