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Active listening

Active listening is the act of intentionally engaging with communication. Speakers receive confirmation that their point is coming across and listeners absorb more information, comprehension, and understanding by being consciously engaged. The goal of active listening is to eliminate any misunderstandings and establish clear communication of thoughts…

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Applications of active listening

Community organizingTutoringHIVSuicidalCounseling
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Barriers to active listening

NoisesAmbiguityTrigger wordsVocabularyHearing loss
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History

Carl RogersRichard FarsonEmpathyUnconditional positive regardPersonality change
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Techniques of active listening

ParaphrasingOpen-ended questionsEmotional stateEye contact
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Active listening

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples108
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Active listening

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related to External links · 16
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related to Active listening in healthcare and education · 11
Active listening → According, Active, Beine, Floyd, In, LAFF, Lang, McNaughton, Structured, Teachers, This
related to Comprehension · 9
Active listening → Attentiveness, Bottom-up, Comprehension, For, In, One, The, This, Top-down
related to history · 9
Active listening → Active, Despite, Farson, Listening, People, Practicing, Psychologists Carl Rogers, Richard Farson, Rogers
related to Criticisms of active listening · 8
Active listening → Additionally, Dr, In, Kurt Hahlweg, Munich-based, These, This, While
related to Overcoming active listening barriers · 8
Active listening → Another, Distractions, Eye, Listeners, Misinterpretations, The, These, This
see also · 8
Active listening → Active, Alternative, Appreciative, Communication, Healthcare, Human, Listening, Study
related to Active listening in digital contexts · 7
Active listening → COVID-19, Dr, In, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, The, With, Zoom
has application · 5
Active listening → Active, HIV, In, It, Leaders
related to Retaining · 5
Active listening → As, Communicates, For, Retaining, Some

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listening active communication information comprehension speaker attention listener barriers response conversation understanding trust also education questions process said listeners empathy

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Active listeningis aact of intentionally engaging with communication0.90text
Active listeningis aimportant way to bring about changes in people0.90text
Active listeningis amultidimensional construct0.90text
longer or louder wordsinstance ofBottom-up listening for comprehension will involve an attentiveness to emphasized words0.80text
autisminstance ofif a person is listening to someone communicate with a disability0.80text
that person will need to pay close attentioninstance ofif a person is listening to someone communicate with a disability0.80text
forego common methods of organizing information as it is receivedinstance ofif a person is listening to someone communicate with a disability0.80text
background noiseinstance ofThese include external factors0.80text
physical discomfortinstance ofThese include external factors0.80text
and internal distractionsinstance ofThese include external factors0.80text
such as thoughts about other thingsinstance ofThese include external factors0.80text
lack of focusinstance ofThese include external factors0.80text

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