Synopses & Reviews
Debuting it its first edition, Listening explores the process and role of listening in human communication as a cognitive process, as a social function, and as a critical professional competency. It introduces readers to the theory and research of listening scholarship, the book also helps to build practical skills and achieve the desired outcomes of effective listening.
Synopsis
Listening explores the process and role of listening in human communication as a cognitive process, as a social function, and as a critical professional competency. While introducing students the theory and research of listening scholarship, Worthington and Fitch-Hauser also help students to build practical skills and achieve the desired outcomes of effective listening.
Synopsis
“This book is exceptional. It has theoretical sophistication combined with accessibility and practicality and is written in a clean, clear, and concise style.” — Marty Most, Boise State University
Table of Contents
PART I. LISTENING AS A COGNITIVE PROCESS
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2. Listening: Types and Competency
Chapter 3. Listening and Information Processing
Chapter 4. Individual Differences in the Learning Process
PART II. LISTENING AS A SOCIAL FUNCTION
Chapter 5. Listening in the Conversational Context
Chapter 6. Listening and Relationship Building: The Family Context
Chapter 7. Listening and Relationship Building: Friends and Romance
PART III. LISTENING AS A CRITICAL PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY
Chapter 8. Listening in Context: Education
Chapter 9. Listening in Context: Organizations
Chapter 10. Listening and Health: Psychological and Physical Realities
Chapter 11. Listening in Legal Contexts
PART IV. LISTENING: NEW FRONTIERS
Chapter 12. Transforming Listening: Future Directions