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Details Title: Test 2, Chapter 7 Description: Vocab Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 03/26/2007 16:42:16	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Ambushing Definition Listening carefully in order to attack a speaker Term Critical listening Definition Attending to communication to analyze and evaluate the content of a communication or the person speaking Term Defensive Listening Definition Perceiving personal attacks, criticisms, or hostile undertones in communication or the person speaking Term Hearing Definition A physiological activity that occurs when sound waves hit our eardrums. Unlike listening, hearing is a passive process Term Informational Listening Definition Listening to gain and understand information; tends to focus on the content level of meaning Term Listening Definition A complex process that consists of being mindful, physically receiving messages, selecting and organizing information, interpreting, responding, and remembering Term Literal Listening Definition Listening only to the content level of a meaning and ignoring the relational level of meaning Term Mindfulness Definition From Zen Buddhism, being fully present in the moment; the first step of listening and the foundation of all the other steps Term Minimal Encouragers Definition Communication that, by expressing interest in hearing more, gently invites another person to elaborate Term Monopolizing Definition Continually focusing communication on oneself instead of on the person who is talking Term Paraphrasing Definition A method of clarifying others' meaning by restating their communication Term Pseudolistening Definition Pretending to listen Term Relational Listening Definition Listening to support another person or to understand another person's feelings and perceptions; focuses on the relational level of meaning as much as on the content level of meaning Term Selective Listening Definition Focusing on only selected parts of communication. We listen selectively when we screen out parts of a message that don't interest us or with which we disagree, and also when we rivet attention on parts of communication that do interest us or with which we agree.