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There are many names for different types of listening. Here is a collection of types and the different names that get ascribed to them, along with a brief description of each. Name Active listening Appreciative listening Attentive listening Biased listening Casual listening Description Listening in a way that demonstrates interest and encourages continued speaking. Looking for ways to accept and appreciate the other person through what they say. Seeking opportunity to praise. Alternatively listening to something for pleasure, such as to music. Listening obviously and carefully, showing attention. Listening through the filter of personal bias. Listening without obviously showing attention. Actual attention may vary a lot. And the big paperback book

Comprehension Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more). listening Content listening Critical listening Deep listening Dialogic listening Discriminative listening Empathetic listening Evaluative listening False listening Full listening High-integrity listening Inactive listening Informative listening Initial listening Judgmental listening Partial Look inside Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more). Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says. Seeking to understand the person, their personality and their real and unspoken meanings and motivators. Finding meaning through conversational exchange, asking for clarity and testing understanding. Listening for something specific but nothing else (eg. a baby crying). Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling. Demonstrating this empathy. Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says. Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking. Listening to understand. Seeking meaning. Listening from a position of integrity and concern. Save the rain Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking. Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more). Listening at first then thinking about response and looking to interrupt. Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says. Listening most of the time but also spending some time day-

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All types of listening

dreaming or thinking of a response. Listening, then reflecting back to the other person what they have said. Listening in order to support and develop a relationship with the other person. Listening with concern for the well-being of the other person. Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling. Demonstrating this empathy. Paying very close attention in active listening to what is said and the deeper meaning found through how it is said. Seeking to understand the person, their personality and their real and unspoken meanings and motivators. Blog Sports Retail Government Conversion More >>

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