4.2 Listening Barriers

Biases & Prejudices

Lack of Appropriate Focus

Premature Judgement

Distractions: Mental & Physical

Mental Distractions Include:

Physical Distractions can include:

Cell Phones

Loud music

Noisy environment

Hearing impairment

Zoning Out

Becoming too Emotional

Interrupting Thoughts

I often find myself distracted by noise most often.. at home, things such as Netflix or youtube are always playing, where as at school, I am sometimes distracted by notifications on my phone or laptop

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I often find myself distracted by thoughts in class that don't relate to school, such as a date night or a work problem

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In biased and prejudiced listening, your listening is influenced by stereotypes.

This can occur when you listen to someone differently because of things such as their:

Affectional Orientation

Age

Race

Gender

Focusing on what a person is saying is necessary for effective listening

however, listeners often get lost because they focus on irrelevant things or get detoured from the main idea

you shouldn't get hung up over unimportant details

Avoid interpreting everything in terms of what it means to you

see other's perspectives

as a speaker, say what is relevant to your Specific listener

don't try to anticipate how you're going to respond to the speaker, it just takes your focus away from them

The most obvious form of premature judgement is assuming you know what the speaker will say. So you think there's no reason to listen

Common Listeners often:

stop listening after they feel the speaker lost credibility

Jump to conclusions