The questions below correspond to each of the six listening components in HURIER: Hearing, Understanding, Remembering, Interpreting, Evaluating, and Responding.<\/p>\n
Before answering the questions, first guess which of the six you will do best at. In which area will you likely score lowest?<\/p>\n
Now, respond to the following prompts gauging your listening behavior on a five-point scale (1= almost never, 2=infrequently, 3= sometimes, 4= often, 5= almost always).<\/p>\n
____ 1. I am constantly aware that people and circumstances change over time.<\/p>\n
____ 2. I take into account the speaker\u2019s personal and cultural perspective when listening to him or her.<\/p>\n
____ 3. I pay attention to the important things going on around me.<\/p>\n
____ 4. I accurately hear what is said to me.<\/p>\n
____ 5. I understand the speaker\u2019s vocabulary and recognize that my understanding of a work is likely to be somewhat different from the speaker\u2019s.<\/p>\n
____ 6. I adapt my response according to the needs of the particular situation.<\/p>\n
____ 7. I weigh all evidence before making a decision.<\/p>\n
____ 8. I take time to analyze the validity of my partner\u2019s reasoning before arriving at my own conclusion.<\/p>\n
____ 9. I can recall what I have heard, even when in stressful situations.<\/p>\n
____ 10. I enter communication situations with a positive attitude.<\/p>\n
____ 11. I ask relevant questions and restate my perceptions to make sure I have understood the speaker correctly.<\/p>\n
____ 12. I provide clear and direct feedback to others.<\/p>\n
____ 13. I do not let my emotions interfere with my listening or decision-making.<\/p>\n
____ 14. I remember how the speaker\u2019s facial expressions, body posture, and other nonverbal behaviors relate to the verbal message.<\/p>\n
____ 15. I overcome distractions such as the conversation of others, background noises, and telephones, when someone is speaking.<\/p>\n
____ 16. I distinguish between main ideas and supporting evidence when I listen.<\/p>\n
____ 17. I am sensitive to the speaker\u2019s tone in communication situations.<\/p>\n
____ 18. I listen to and accurately remember what is said, even when I strongly disagree with the speaker\u2019s viewpoint.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 4 + 10 + 15. This is your hearing total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 5 + 11 + 16. This is your understanding total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 1 + 7 + 8. This is your evaluating total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 3 + 9 + 18. This is your remembering total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 2 + 14 + 17. This is your interpreting total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 6 + 12 + 13. This is your responding total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In which skill area do you score highest? Which is your lowest? How would these listening behaviors affect your interactions with peers, parents, instructors, or professional co-workers?<\/p>\n
Source: Adapted from J. Brownell, (1996), Listening: Attitudes, Principles and Skills, pp. 29 \u2013 31, Boston: Allyn & Bacon.<\/p>\n\n","rendered":"
The questions below correspond to each of the six listening components in HURIER: Hearing, Understanding, Remembering, Interpreting, Evaluating, and Responding.<\/p>\n
Before answering the questions, first guess which of the six you will do best at. In which area will you likely score lowest?<\/p>\n
Now, respond to the following prompts gauging your listening behavior on a five-point scale (1= almost never, 2=infrequently, 3= sometimes, 4= often, 5= almost always).<\/p>\n
____ 1. I am constantly aware that people and circumstances change over time.<\/p>\n
____ 2. I take into account the speaker\u2019s personal and cultural perspective when listening to him or her.<\/p>\n
____ 3. I pay attention to the important things going on around me.<\/p>\n
____ 4. I accurately hear what is said to me.<\/p>\n
____ 5. I understand the speaker\u2019s vocabulary and recognize that my understanding of a work is likely to be somewhat different from the speaker\u2019s.<\/p>\n
____ 6. I adapt my response according to the needs of the particular situation.<\/p>\n
____ 7. I weigh all evidence before making a decision.<\/p>\n
____ 8. I take time to analyze the validity of my partner\u2019s reasoning before arriving at my own conclusion.<\/p>\n
____ 9. I can recall what I have heard, even when in stressful situations.<\/p>\n
____ 10. I enter communication situations with a positive attitude.<\/p>\n
____ 11. I ask relevant questions and restate my perceptions to make sure I have understood the speaker correctly.<\/p>\n
____ 12. I provide clear and direct feedback to others.<\/p>\n
____ 13. I do not let my emotions interfere with my listening or decision-making.<\/p>\n
____ 14. I remember how the speaker\u2019s facial expressions, body posture, and other nonverbal behaviors relate to the verbal message.<\/p>\n
____ 15. I overcome distractions such as the conversation of others, background noises, and telephones, when someone is speaking.<\/p>\n
____ 16. I distinguish between main ideas and supporting evidence when I listen.<\/p>\n
____ 17. I am sensitive to the speaker\u2019s tone in communication situations.<\/p>\n
____ 18. I listen to and accurately remember what is said, even when I strongly disagree with the speaker\u2019s viewpoint.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 4 + 10 + 15. This is your hearing total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 5 + 11 + 16. This is your understanding total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 1 + 7 + 8. This is your evaluating total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 3 + 9 + 18. This is your remembering total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 2 + 14 + 17. This is your interpreting total.<\/p>\n
Add your scores for 6 + 12 + 13. This is your responding total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In which skill area do you score highest? Which is your lowest? How would these listening behaviors affect your interactions with peers, parents, instructors, or professional co-workers?<\/p>\n
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