The correct answer is:
b. listening styles help to determine what we prefer to listen to.
Explanation:
Listening styles refer to what, how and why we listen to something, even if the message is the same, it may not be processed the same way by two people because of their listening style. Knowing the different listening styles can help you improve your communication with the outside world.
There are different listening styles that help us determine what we prefer to listen to and how we listen to it.
- Oriented to time: People that are time oriented designate a time to hear a message and after that time they won't listen anymore
- Oriented to people: People that focus on the feelings of the speaker more than in the message itself.
- Oriented to action: People that focus on the main point of the message and don't like it when the message doesn't make a point.
- Oriented to content: People that focus on the content of the message and not in the speaker.
