Intro to Listening
Barriers to Listening
Active Listening
Effective Listening
The Thorpedo
100
According to research, this percentage of the day is spent listening.

What is 50-55 percent?

100

This bad listening practice involves paying attention to a speaker in order to attack what they say.

What is aggressive listening?

100

An example of this would be creating an acronym to help remember something.

What is a mnemonic device?

100

The physiological dimension of listening.

What is hearing?

100
The menu item that shares its name with the restaurant.

A burger! (Bacon, onions, and BBQ sauce.

200

People with this listening style might ask “What do you want me to do? What needs to be done?”

What are action-oriented listeners?

200

While people speak at a rate of 125 to 175 words per minute, we can process them at this rate.

What is between 400 and 800 words per minute?

200

This is considered the deepest and often most challenging types of lisiting.

What is critical listening?

200

The ability to recall information.

What is remembering?

200

The number of days each week I mention the Thorpedo.

What is four?

300

The number of parts that needed to be labeled for your communication model.

What is eight?

300

This type of noise might be caused by things like fatigue, hunger, or illness.

What is physiological noise?

300

This type of listening centers around being caring and respectful of others.

What is empathetic listing?

300

This is deciding on the best course of action.

What is evaluating?

300

The number of times Hunter said he went to the Thorpedo each week.

What is ten?

400

This communication model describes communication as a one-way process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver.

What is the linear or transmission model?

400

This type of listening involves incorrectly recalling information or skewing information to fit our expectations.

What is distorted listening?

400

Sending yourself messages containing advice about better listening.

What is covert coaching?

400

Giving observable feedback.

What is responding?

400

The Thorpedo has been in business for around this many years.

What is over 50 years!

500

This is language left open to differing interpretations with the intention of deceiving or evading.

What is equivocal language?

500

"Glazing over" is described as what type of barrier?

What is a cognitive or a personal barrier?

500

Active listening pairs these two things.

What are outwardly visible positive listening behaviors and positive cognitive listening practices.

500

Interpreting and making sense of a message.

What is understanding?

500

The year the Thorpedo opened.

What is 1965?

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