Listening Behavior Mid Term Exam

• 1. State the facts
• 2. Give 2 interpretations of those facts
• 3. Ask for Clarification

• 1. Mental Stimulus
• 2. Awareness
• 3. Translation
• 4. Evaluation
• 5. Recall
• 6. Response
• 7. Stay Connected and Motivated

A conscious effort to focus and listen

Mental sorting process of the amount of information processed based off motivation, cognitive load

Recognizing the basic components of the message

Determine what gets stored in the memory and whether a response is required

Decision on how you'll respond to the other party

Help guide your behavior in future interactions and past interactions, nonverbal messages.

Stay Connected and Motivated

Listening to distinguish the aural and visual stimuli

Listening for understanding of the message

We think about a message, make influences, evaluate both the speaker and the message.

Illustrates the fundamental elements of cognitive processing that elements during the listening process.

Cognitive structure consisting of representations of some defined area (person, place, thing)

Address the sequence of actions associated with a particular event.

Prefer hurried interactions describes as communicative time management focus on specific behaviors

The ability to perceive and express emotions to understand and use them, and to manage them to foster personal growth.

Address how you perceive the incoming message, organize it, & use it to interpret the communication event.

Signs, signals , any other stimuli transmitted by sources other than the receiver and picked up through the senses.

Noise that makes it difficult or impossible to perceive or identify external stimulus

As stimuli within the person can take many forms.

A Schemata contain value- laden attitudes and beliefs

2 ways

1. Aspect of how speakers compose their message

2. Act as a cognitive structures that guide information processing

Clues embedded in a message that signal how the information should be interpreted

Myers- Briggs Type Indicator

Personality inventories reveal how we perceive or view thing about us. Draw attention to how we evaluate or draw conclusions about these perceptions.

Personality and psychology aspect personality and communication behavior influences our biology

Enduring personal qualities or attributes that influence behavior across situations.

Focus on their relationship with others. Good at identifying the moods of other. Mood can also rub off on them.

Listeners tend to welcome complex and challenging information, listen to facts before forming judgment and opinions or favor to technical information.

Elements of cognitive and speech science perspectives

• 1. Hearing- the accurate reception of sound focusing on the speaker, discriminating among sound and concentrating on the message.
• 2. Understanding - listening comprehension or understanding the message.
• 3. Remembering - retaining and recalling information
• 4. Interpreting - Using the interaction context and knowledge of the other person to assign meaning to the message
• 5. Evaluating -applying your own perspectives and biases to your interpretation
• 6. Responding- appropriately responding to a message