to pay attention to
using your ears
focusing on what someone is saying
Empathic listening involves fully engaging with someone's words, feelings, and perspective. An example would be actively listening to a friend share their struggles with work, reflecting back their emotions, and offering support without judgment or giving unsolicited advice. This kind of listening helps the person feel heard and validated.
Listening to information, and then thinking on it and processing it would be an example of reflecting.
Reactive listening is known as programmed listening. It can also be considered closed listening. An example is the expression, "he hears what he wants to hear."
"Can you tell me more about that?" is an example of questioning as it relates to listening skills. This type of question encourages the speaker to elaborate and provides them with an opportunity to share more information or feelings.
Music or television are great examples of pleasurable listening. We tend to chose things that we enjoy engaging with or listening to when we pleasurably listen.
listening to information, processing it, and then restating it to the speaker to summarize your understanding of what he or she is saying
Listening to a teacher or professor while they are talking.
Reflecting as it pertains to active listening is a process where the listener periodically summarizes the speakers word back to him or her. For example, "if I am hearing you correctly you are feeling.....'.
An example of multitasking is listening to a radio interview while typing an email.
An example of paraphrasing in listening skills is restating what the speaker has said using different words to ensure understanding and to show active listening. This technique involves summarizing the main points of the speaker's message to demonstrate that you have heard and comprehended their message effectively.
listening to the radio while you cannot sleep.
Good listening