Week 9 Question 3

3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading that has not already been discussed during this discussion week that you found useful or interesting, and discuss it.

The text talks about nine barriers for active listening. Out of those nine barriers, I found the concept of or faking attention interesting. It just means while communicating with someone, to pretend to listen. This happens in many communication situations; it might be because we don’t know how to get out of the conversation, we are not familiar with the subject matter, we are afraid of hurting someone's feelings or offending them; or because we are just bored about the subject. For instance, people get offended when they are communicating with someone and they are not given full attention; therefore one might pretend to listen or give them fake attention because he or she is afraid of hurting their feelings. Overall, most of the active listening barriers are also the basis for pseudolistening.