Active Listening

What is the best way to understand people?

• listen to them

• think about how you will respond to them

When you actively listen to someone, it helps you understand the message they are communicating.

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Developing good listening skills helps us to ...

• understand others better

• see better

Interrupting someone while they are talking shows GOOD listening skills.

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• false

Paying attention to what someone is saying shows good listening skills.

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• false

Trying to imagine what the other person is feeling shows good listening skills.

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• false

Empathy is the ability to . . .

• understand and share the feelings of others

• choose the best path to walk on

Having empathy for someone means you are actively listening to them.

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Which one is a way to nonverbally send the message that you are listening?

• maintain eye contact

• look away while the person is speaking

Which one is a way to nonverbally send the message that you are listening?

• have your back turned toward the speaker

• face the speaker