You find yourself in a bind. You went to your sociology class to turn in your paper, but you still need to do a final review for the Spanish test in your next class. Ultimately, you end up making eye contact and nodding your head while your sociology professor lectures, but instead of listening you're reviewing Spanish vocabulary words in your head. We would characterize your listening behavior as
A) monopolistic listening.
B) selective listening.
C) pseudolistening.
D) insensitive listening.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Pseudolistening is when someone pretends to listen by giving cues like nodding, but their attention is actually elsewhere, as in this scenario.

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