Identify and explain four specific thought patterns that are typical of listening
What will be an ideal response?
Taking small departures from the communication line can hinder--or help if they're used to elaborate on ideas given in the speech; 2 ) going off on a tangent seizes on one idea and stops listening to follow that idea, and the next, and the next; 3 ) engaging in a private argument happens when the listener challenges the speaker's ideas and forms a counter argument for everything she or he hears; 4 ) taking large departures from the communication line listens for a while and then wanders off, comes back, and wanders off again.
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Instilling a sense of power in subordinates is referred to as
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. hypothetical B. aggregate statistic C. fallacy D. literal analogy