Test Your Knowledge on the Six Stages of Listening

• The six stages of listening are hearing, attending, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding.
• The hearing stage is the physical response caused by sound waves stimulating the sensory receptors of the ear; this is perception of sound waves.
• The attention stage is when brain screens stimuli and permits only a select few to come into focus- these selective perception is known as attention.
• The understanding stage is when symbols we have seen and heard are analyzed to determine the meaning of the stimuli.
• The remembering stage is when the individual adds the message to the mind's storage bank.
• The evaluating stage is when active listeners participate and determine the presence or absence of bias or prejudice in a message.
• The responding stage is when the receiver completes the process through verbal and/or nonverbal feedback.

This quiz is designed to assess an individual's basic listening skills. The quiz will ask you to identify different types of sounds and to respond to questions about what you have heard.