What Should Listeners Keep in Mind When Technology Distracts Them

question 35

Multiple Choice

What should listeners keep in mind when technology distracts them from the speaker's message?

• A) Speakers must tolerate technology distractions as a normal part of the listening process.
• B) Multitasking is acceptable in most listening situations.
• C) Listeners have a responsibility to reduce, eliminate or overcome distractions.
• D) Technology has little impact on sensory overload.

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Definitions:

Parsimony

The principle that among competing hypotheses that predict equally well, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.

Propositions

Statements or assertions that express judgments or opinions that can potentially be proven true or false.

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A system of ideas intended to explain something, based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

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The quality of being economical with resources or expenditure; practicing restraint in the use of materials and funds.