Listening

Listening Listening Hearing what others are saying, and trying to understand what it means For other uses, see Listening (disambiguation). Listening is the act of paying attention to sounds.[1] It includes listening to the sounds of nature, listening to music, and perhaps most importantly, interpersonal listening, i.e. listening to other human beings. When listening to another person, one hears what they are saying and tries to understand what it means.[2] Listening in conversation. Interpersonal listening involves complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes.[3] Affective processes include the motivation to listen to others; cognitive processes include attending to, understanding, receiving, and interpreting content and relational messages; and behavioral processes include responding to others with verbal and nonverbal feedback. Interpersonal listening is a…

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