Learners examine the seven most common barriers to effective listening and consider suggestions for how to overcome these barriers. This interactive object contains audio.

Learn about the seven common barriers of listening and evaluate a conversation using the barriers.

The learner will identify common barriers to effective listening.

Learners examine the psychological and sociological barriers that interfere with clear communication. They select examples of ad hominem fallacy, bandwagon fallacy, emotional appeals, red herrings, irrelevant appeals to authority, suggestibility and conformity, “poisoning the well’, and “shoehorning.” In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

This activity will examine several of the barriers related to problems with communication.

The learner will identify barriers to critical thinking related to internal and external factors after viewing scenarios.

The learner will identify techniques to use to overcome people-related barriers to critical thinking.

The learner will identify ways to overcome barriers to critical thinking and problem-solving including false memories, personal biases and prejudices, and physical and emotional hindrances.

The learners will explore the Errors in Judgment: Barriers to Critical Thinking and how it affects their decision-making processes.

The learner will explore basic human limitations that create barriers to critical thinking including selective thinking, false memories, and perceptual limitations.

In this learning activity you'll review the four techniques of good listening.

Learners will examine the four steps to listen actively to improve relationships.

Compare the behaviors and situations that interfere with effective communication in the workplace with those that enhance listening skills and career performance.

The learner will gain an understanding of the inner workings of the cycloidal gear drive while watching a video and listening to an explanation of its features.

The learner examines what it means to listen respectively and how to become a better listener.