Selective Listening Refers to

question 66

Multiple Choice

Selective listening refers to

• A) a highly focused form of listening.
• B) letting one's mind wander until something personally relevant is said.
• C) a form of defensive listening.
• D) listening only long enough to get a word in edgewise.
• E) a time-saving technique in which you purposely ignore at least 25% of what a speaker says.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Causal Relationship

A connection between two events where one directly results in the other, indicating a cause-and-effect scenario.

Frequency Of Study

The number of times study sessions or learning activities occur over a given period.