6 forms of nonlistening

                In chapter 6, I learned six different forms of Nonlistening.  For example, Pseudolistening means that one is pretending to listen, but they were not paying attention actually. Refer back to myself, when I get bored in a conversation, I will be Pseudolistening. Since I feel that information was not important, I will choose to think about other random things when I looked like I am listening. In Monopolizing, people show that they are not interested in the speaker by changing topic. They take the conversation away from the person who is talking and focuses it on themselves. Selective Listening, people only choose to pay attention at topics that they are interested. When the speaker said something related to things that they are interested, they will start to pay attention. Defensive Listening means that people show their criticism in the conversation, usually if someone’s hurt, their replies tend to be disrespectful, in order to protect themselves. Ambushing means that one listens very carefully and prepares to attack the speaker. In a debate, one will memorize the point that their opponent mentioned, and restate the point from their perspective. Lastly, in Literal Listening, people are not sensitive to others feeling, or they just got the wrong point from the message.