Question

Susan's English professor thinks that she is always listening to her lectures because she makes eye contact, nods, and take notes. In reality, Susan is using the class time to catch up on her personal diary. Susan is guilty of ___________

Answer 1

Answer:

Pseudo-Listening

Explanation:

Pseudo-listening consists of a person which is appearing attentive in the conversation while the person is actually ignoring or partially listening to speaker. The word itself is composed of words pseudo which means not real and listening. The intent of such listening is actually not to listen but to serve to personal need of listener.

Thus, Susan in the mentioned case if guilty of pseudo-Listening.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is: Pseudo-listening

Explanation:

Pseudo-listening is an ineffective way of face-to-face communication, in which an individual is apparently attentive and partially listening to the person speaking.

An individual who is pseudo-listening, is multi-tasking or catering to a personal need and tends to appear attentive but does not retain any information of the conversation.

Therefore, in the given example, Susan appears to be attentive but in reality she is catching up with her personal diary, during the English lecture. Therefore, Susan is pseudo-listening.