Which barrier to effective listening is displayed when Hilde listens to Sven very carefully until he says something she can use against him, and then she interrupts?

A. criticizing the speaker
B. distracting emotional noise
C. differing speech rate and thought rate
D. being self-absorbed


Answer: A

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