In the five stages of listening, receiving __________.

a. causes you to focus on the speaker rather than on what you plan to say.
b. deals only with verbal messages.
c. is the same as hearing.
d. ends with accepting the message the speaker sends.


a. causes you to focus on the speaker rather than on what you plan to say. (the first stage of the listening process in which a listener takes information by seeing and hearing.)

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