Listening has been defined as

a. standing up for our needs, rights, and wants while respecting the needs, rights, and
wants of others.
b. a complex activity that involves the process of receiving, constructing meaning
from, and responding to spoken and/or nonverbal messages.
c. interpreting messages carefully in order to refute them.
d. primarily the physiological process of receiving sound waves.
e. None of the above


b

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