Define the difference between engaged and disengaged listening.

What will be an ideal response?


Engaged listening involves making a personal relational connection with the source of the message—caring, trusting, wanting to know more, and feeling concerned. Disengaged listening goes through the “motions” of listening but lacks meaning and empathy underlying the listening behavior.

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What does the term “investment” refer to?

A. how well your relational partner meets your expectations B. resources that become attached to a relationship and would be lost if the relationship ended C. the quality of potential relationships you could have with other people D. how your relationship compares to the fictional relationships you see on T.V

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Open questions seem to elicit less substantive responses from interviewees

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When you assert that what is true of the whole will be true of its parts, you risk committing a fallacy of composition

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A(n) ____________________ is a question that addresses the merit or morality of an object, action or belief.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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