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As we learned in Chapter 3, effective listening varies according to listening purposes and people with whom we interact.
Questions to Answer:
Using two examples from past experience, how do you adapt styles and behaviors of listening to diverse situations and individuals?
How might the ability to adapt listening behaviors help one advance in their career?
Which of the tips offered in the TED Talk will you attempt to implement this week?
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Chapter Three:
Listening in Human Communication
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Chapter Three Goals
Define listening and understand the five
stages of listening
Describe the barriers to effective listening
Identify the styles of listening and listen in the
appropriate style for the situation
Communicate an awareness of cultural and
gender differences
Definition of Listening
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In light of Facebook, Twitter, wikis, and blogs,
there has been a need to expand the traditional
definition of listening to encompass the amount
of communication taking place online.
Listening is the process of receiving,
understanding, and responding to verbal
and nonverbal messages.
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Stages of Listening
Receiving
Understanding
Remembering
Evaluating
Responding
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Step One: Receiving,
Hearing, Attending
Note not only what is said, but what is
omitted
Focus attention of both verbal and nonverbal
Maintain role as listener
Avoid assuming you understand something
before the speaking is finished speaking
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Step Two: Understanding
Grasp both the thoughts and emotional tones
Relate new information to what you already
know
See things from the speakers point of view
Rephrase/paraphrase the speakers ideas
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Step Three: Remembering
What you remember is not what was said,
but what you remember was said
Memory is a reconstructive process
Focus your attention of the central ideas
Summarize the message in a more easily
retained form
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Step Four: Evaluating
Consists of judging the messages that you
hear
Resist evaluating until you fully understand
speakers view
Assume the speaker is of good will
Distinguish facts from opinions
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Step Five: Responding
Responses come in two forms
1) Responses while the speaker is speaking
2) Reponses made after the speaker is finished
speaking
Used varied backchanneling cues
Own your own responses with I-messages
Avoid problem-causing listening responses
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Distractions: physical and mental
Biases and prejudices
Lack of appropriate focus
Premature judgment
Listening Barriers
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Styles of Effective Listening
Empathic listening
is defined as trying
to understand what
a person means
and feels
Objective
Listening is defined
as detaching
oneself as much as
possible in order to
best understand the
speaker
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Steps to Empathic Listening
Strive to understand the speakers viewpoint
Engage in two-way conversation
Seek out the speakers thoughts and feelings
Avoid offensive listeninghearing only bits
and pieces
Strive to listen objectively to friend and foe
alike
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Guidelines for Nonjudgmental and
Critical Listening
Always keep an open mind
Avoid quick judgments and premature
evaluations
Strive to not filter out difficult materials or
simplify complex messages
Recognize your own tendency to interpret
through personal biases
Avert sharpeningthe tendency to increase
importance of some parts of messages
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Guidelines for Depth Listening
Focus on verbal and nonverbal messages
Listen for both content and relational
messages
Take special note of statements that refer
back to the speaker
Balance your listening between surface and
underlying messages
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Active Listening Techniques
Paraphrase the speakers meaning
Ask questions
Express understanding of the speakers
feelings
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Listening Differences: Culture and
Gender
Language and accents may be different
The meaning of nonverbal displays vary
among cultures
Tone and content of feedback varies
according to person/situations
Different norms of verbals and nonverbals
Different feedback styles exist
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Listening and Gender:
A difference of socialization
Men
Lecture
Seek facts
Desire respect
Interrupt more often
Change topics more
often
Women
Talk, not lecture
Build relationships
Want to be liked
More patient
More sensitive to
emotions
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Chapter Three Goals
Definition of Listening
Stages of Listening
Step One: Receiving, Hearing, Attending
Step Two: Understanding
Step Three: Remembering
Step Four: Evaluating
Step Five: Responding
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Listening Barriers
Styles of Effective Listening
Steps to Empathic Listening
Guidelines for Nonjudgmental and Critical Listening
Guidelines for Depth Listening
Active Listening Techniques
Listening Differences: Culture and Gender
Listening and Gender: A difference of socialization
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