Chapter 5: Listening and Empathy (Lessons 7 & 8) Flashcards

1
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_______ is a primary means through which we learn new information.

A

Listening

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2
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Listening demands ______ participation

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active

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3
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_________ violates the therapeutic relationship

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sympathy

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4
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What are the 3 main characteristics of listening?

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  1. focused
  2. voluntary
  3. intentional
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5
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What are the 3 main characteristics of hearing?

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  1. accidental
  2. involuntary
  3. effortless
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6
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The better you listen, the more you will be ________ to.

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listened

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7
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Hearing

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an automatic brain response to sound that requires no effort

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8
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Listening

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-a purposeful and focused process that requires motivation and effort
-used to understand the meanings expressed by a speaker

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9
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Research suggests we remember less than ___% of what we hear in a conversation

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50%

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10
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Benefits of Listening

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-completing tasks
-learning
-building relationships
-developing accurate self-concept (communicate our identity)
-be better students and more professional

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11
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Listening Definition

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the learned process of receiving, interpreting, recalling, evaluating, and responding to verbal and nonverbal messages

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12
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Active Listening

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-giving careful and thoughtful attention and responses to messages received
-uses body language, tone, word choice to help speaker feel heard and understood

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13
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The Listening Process

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-no defined start and finish
-consists of cognitive, behavioural, affective processes

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14
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Cognitive Processes

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attending to, understanding, receiving and interpreting contextual and relational messages

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15
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Behavioural Processes

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responding with verbal/nonverbal feedback

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16
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Affective Processes

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being motivated to attend to others

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17
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What are the essential ingredients to active listening?

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-empathy
-respect
-presence

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18
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Empathy in Active Listening

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-understanding
-being aware
-sensitive to feelings and emotions

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19
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How to use empathy in active listening?

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“It sounds like you’re feeling _____, is that right?”

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20
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Respect in Active Listening

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-hearing patient and allowing them to express thoughts without interruption

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21
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How to use respect in active listening?

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“What do I need to know about you that will help me take care of you?”

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22
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Presence in Active Listening

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-being attentive to needs
-being in the moment

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23
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How to use presence in active listening?

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“I’m just going to sit here quietly with you for a moment if that’s okay.”

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24
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Listening Stage 1: Receiving

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-taking in stimuli through our senses
-physiological; usually auditory and visual channels

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25
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Listening Stage 2: Interpreting

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-combine visual and auditory information
-try to make meaning
-may be short if understanding is not important

26
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Listening Stage 3: Recalling

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-relies partially on memory
-sensory memory, STM, LTM, working memory

27
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How long can STM retain memory for?

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20s to 1 min

28
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How long can LTM retain memory for?

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may be stored indefinitely

29
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Recall

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-an important part of the listening process

30
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Listening Stage 4: Evaluating

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-judge credibility, worth
-reading between the lines

31
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Listening Stage 5: Responding

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-sending verbal and nonverbal messages that indicate attentiveness and/or understanding

32
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Back-channel Cues

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-aka verbal fillers
-verbal and nonverbal signals sent during conversation
-ie. head nod

33
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Paraphrasing

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-a responding behaviour that shows you understand what was communicated
-ie. “It seems like you are saying _____ is this correct?”

34
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Discriminative Listening

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-focused
-primarily physiological
-occurs mainly at the receiving stage
-scan and monitor surrounding to isolate stimuli
-ie. nonverbals, gestures, facial expression

35
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Informational Listening

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-listening to comprehend and retain information
-not evaluative
-common in teaching and learning
-retention and recall are essential components

36
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Critical Listening

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-analyzing or evaluating a message based on inferred and verbally presented information
-ie. problem solving

37
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Guidelines for Critical Listening

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-listen to the entire message before making a judgement
-listen for evidence
-analyze credibility and possible hidden agendas
-consider speakers nonverbal communication

38
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Sympathy

A

infers compassion for another person’s situation from your perspective

39
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Empathy

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enables you to view another persons situation from their perspective

40
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Empathy requires you to ______ not ______

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understand; agree

41
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Comprehensive Listening

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-understanding
-where clinical judgement falls under

42
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Empathetic Listening

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-understanding the pov of another person and what must be done for them

43
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People-Oriented Listener

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-interested in the speaker
-learn how speaker thinks/feels

44
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Action-Oriented Listeners

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-primarily interested in finding out what the speaker wants
-aka task-oriented listening

45
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Content-oriented Listeners

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-interested in the message
-desire well-developed info with solid explanations and credible evidence

46
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Time-oriented Listeners

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-prefer a message that gets to the point quickly

47
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Silent Listening

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-occurs when you say nothing
-may be interpreted in various ways

48
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Questioning

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-sincere questions, counterfeit question

49
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3 Types of Paraphrasing

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  1. change speakers wording
  2. offer an example of what you think they are talking about
  3. reflect on the underlying theme
50
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Empathizing

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-shows you identify with what they said
-“I understand how difficult this must be for you”

51
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Supporting

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-agreement, offer to help, praise, reassurance, diversion
-make sure you are sincere
-focus on the now

52
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Analyzing

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-helps gain alternatives and perspectives

53
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Evaluating

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-appraises speakers thoughts or behaviours
-ie. “that makes sense”

54
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Barriers to Listening: Environmental

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-lighting
-temperature
-furniture

55
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Physiologic Noise

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-pain from illness, injury, stress

56
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Psychological Noise

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-moods or arousal

57
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Response Preparation

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-our tendency to rehearse what we will say next while the speaker is still talking

58
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Barriers to Listening

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-environment
-noise
-lack of listening preparation
-poor messages or speakers
-prejudice
-multitasking
-interrupting

59
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Distorted Listening

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-getting the order of the information wrong

60
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Rationalization

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-a form of distorted listening
-editing information to fit our existing schemata