Audience
preparation
listening
100

what is the outward characteristics of the audience 

Demographic characteristics 

100

good sleep is an example of 

physical preparation

100

the process of where you specifically make an effort to understand information

Listening

200

taking one characteristic of a group of people and making that the sum of what that group is

totalizing 

200

asking questions is an example of 

mental preparation 

200

Listening for understanding

Empathetic Listening

300

assuming because that a few persons in a group have that characteristics they all have those 

Stereotype

300

showing up early is an example of 

contextual preparation

300

Listening focused on understanding and remembering important information

Comprehensive Listening

400

gender, race, religon, region, education

Audience characteristics

400

speech preparation is an example of 

contextual preparation 

400

Listening to evaluate the validity of arguments

Critical listening

500

the inner characteristics of a audiences beliefs 

psychographic characteristics

500

eating something protein based is an example of 

physical preparations 

500

A tendency to search for information in a way that confirms preconceptions 

Confirmation Bias

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