Developing Listening Skills Quiz

Hearing is an automatic brain response to sound, while listening involves actively making sense and connecting with the person who is speaking.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines hearing as the process, function, or power of perceiving sounds, specifically the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli.

Verbal stimuli include words, phrases, and tone of voice, while non-verbal stimuli include facial expressions, gestures, and body language.

<p>We learn to filter out sounds that mean little to us.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Facial expressions, gestures, and body language are examples of non-verbal stimuli.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hearing is defined as the process, function, or power of perceiving sounds, specifically; the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The difference is that the definition of hearing has more to do with the psychological act of hearing sounds than it does with making sense and connecting with the person who’s talking to you.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stimuli refers to the various signals, cues, or messages exchanged between communicators during an interaction. These stimuli can be verbal (words, phrases, tone of voice) or non-verbal (facial expressions, gestures, body language).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Facial expressions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hearing is described as an accidental and automatic brain response to sound that requires no effort.</p> Signup and view all the answers