Types of Listening Active or Empathic listening is to: provide a vent by understanding
Women are neither sub human nor super human
the feelings needs points of view
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If you prick us, do we not
bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? . Shylock
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Types of Listeners The Preoccupieds: rushed, constantly looking around or doing something else
The Out to Lunchers:
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Types of Listeners The Interrupters: focused on trying to guess what the speaker will say, constantly interrupting
The Whatevers: remain aloof, show little emotion when listening, do not seem to care about anything the speaker has to say 10/19/16
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Types of Listeners The Eager beaver: pretends to understand, nods, smiles, eyes out of focus
The Bewildered listener :
slow - problems with concepts and language
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Types of Listeners The Frowner : pretends to be intellectual, as if about to ask a question
The Relaxed: neutral, dead pan face, stares at something or somebody
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Types of Listeners The Busy Bee: writing, talking, fidgeting, glancing into books, attention seeker
The Combative: enjoy disagreeing and blaming others, looking for trouble, silently snarling
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Types of Listeners The Analysts: constantly in an analyze-what-you-are-saying-and-fix-it mode
The Engagers: aware, listening through eyes, ears and mind participates actively and intelligently, body language in sync with thoughts, interested, objective 10/19/16
