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Active listening

Deliberate and conscious process of attending to

Advantages of small groups

* divide work load
* Variety of ideas
* More fulfilling
* Easier to recognize problems
* Errors

Challenges to listening

* listening style
* Listening apprehension

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Developmental stages of relationships

* initiate
* Experiment
* Intensify
* Integrate
* Bonding

Disadvantages of small groups

* lazy person
* Longer decision
* Risky shift
* Group think
* Domination by a few

Gender differences in a group

* men talk more
* Men tend to erupt more
* Men want to get things done
* Women talk less
* Women are more social emotion
* Women concentrate on what’s fair

Listening styles

* empathetic
* Critical
* Comprehension
* Appreciative

Responsibility go group members

* knowledge
* Good listener
* Contribute
* Succinct
* Address issues

Responsibility of chairman

* introducing
* Knowledgeable
* Provide transition and summary
* Keep discussion on track
* Balance

Steps in active listening

* attending
* Understanding
* Remembering
* Evaluation
* Responding to messages we receive

Termination stages

* differentiate
* Circumscribe
* Stagnate
* Avoidance
* Termination

Techniques to aid in remembering

* repetition
* Constructing
* Mnemonic devices
* Taking notes

Types of relationship

* acquaintance
* Friends
* Intimates

Passive listening

Process reviewing messages habitual

Acquaintance

People e know by name and talk with our inter actions are limited

Cochlea

Nervous center of auditory at tension

Decibel

Unit to measure sound

Disclosure

The process of revealing confidential information and feed back which includes the verbal and non verbal responses to such information

Friends

People with whom we have voluntarily negotiate more personal relationships

Hearing

A physical process whereas listening is a cognitive one

Heterogeneous group

Diverse

Homogeneous group

All the same

Inferences

Assertions based on the facts presented

Intimates

This close, personal friends with whom we share a high degree of interdependence

Listening

The process of receiving constructing meaning from and responding to spoken and or nonverbal messages

Mnemonic device

Associates a special word or very short statement with new and longer information

Platonic relationship

One in which the partners are not sexually attracted to each other

Photic communication

Surface cliches use as openers

Relationship breath

Number of topics you disclose

Relationship depth

How central to your self concept and how much you reveal

Ricky shift

Reach by a group Tend to have a great element of risk

Romantic relationship

One in which the partners act on their sexual attractions

Speech thought differences

Think faster then we speak