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Listening

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Chapter 5
Textbook: Communication
Essential in The Real World
Communication 2e
We Don’t All Hear the Same Thing
If you think hearing is a simple process, listen to these examples in a clip from
The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Discussion About the Video


• How many people heard yanny?
How many heard laurel? Are you
surprised that people heard
different things when they listened
to the same sounds?
• Were you able to hear words in the
static clip that you didn’t hear the
first time?
• What are the take-away lessons in
terms of hearing and listening in
everyday life?
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Importance
of Listening Well
• More likely to be hired and promoted
• Leadership skill
• Not easily fooled
• Receptive to advice
• Appealing friend and romantic partner

Key Concepts
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The Power of Listening - William Ury (TedTalk)
Take notes you listen to this talk by
William Ury, cofounder of Harvard’s
Program on Negotiation. He is one of
the world’s best-known and most
influential experts on negotiation.

Discussion About the Video


• What benefits does the speaker suggest
come from listening well?

• Do you agree that listening is one of the


most important skills anyone can
master? Why or why not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saXfavo1OQo&t=131s Communication in The Real World


Different Types
of Listening
• Discriminative
○ Primarily physiological
○ Walking dog at night and hear other sounds
• Informational
○ Goal to comprehend/retain information
○ Lecture in college class
• Critical
○ Goal = analyzing or evaluating message
○ Political speech
• Empathetic
○ Understand/Feel what the speaker is feeling

Key Concepts
Communication
Essential in The Real World
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Listening
Styles People-
Oriented

Time- Action-
Oriented Oriented

Content-
Oriented

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Big Bang Theory
Active Listening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_dAkDsBQyk&t=50s
Bad vs. Good Listening Skills
Bad Listening Practices Good Critical Listening Skills
1) Interrupting 1) Evaluate credibility
2) Distorted Listening 2) Fact vs. Inference
3) Eavesdropping 3) Evaluate supporting evidence
4) Aggressive Listening 4) Check your own bias
5) Narcissistic Listening 5) Listen beyond the message
6) Pseudo Listening 6) Evaluate message / not the
speakers appearance or likability
7) Avoid mind reading / assuming
8) Ask questions

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Misconceptions
About Listening
• Hearing and listening are the same thing.
• Listening is a natural process.
• Everyone receives the same message.

Sciencephoto.com

Key Concepts
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Essential in The Real World
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Listening in a
Complex World
• Message Overload
• Rapid Thought
• Psychological Noise

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Gender: Listening and Responding
• Women tend to match experiences.
• Men tend to solve or distract.

• Empathy can feel like a put-down to a man.


• Problem-solving can feel like disinterest to a woman.

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Essential in The Real World
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Hurtful
Listening Habits
• Pseudo
• Selective
• Defensive
• Insulated
• Insensitive
• Narcissistic
• Overly talkative

● Discuss and define the above types of hurtful listening habits.


● What areas do you need to work on to become be a better listener in your personal
GROUPS
Key Concepts relationships?
● What areas do you need to work on the become a better listener in your career or academic
life?
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Listening

Wrap-Up
Essential Communication 2e

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