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There are many names for different types of listening. Here is a collection of types and thedifferent names that get ascribed to them, along with a brief description of each.
Name Description
Activelistening
Listening in a way that demonstrates interest and encouragescontinued speaking.
Appreciativelistening
Looking for ways to accept and appreciate the other personthrough what they say. Seeking opportunity to praise.
Alternatively listening to something for pleasure, such as tomusic.
Attentivelistening
Listening obviously and carefully, showing attention.
Biasedlistening
Listening through the filter of personal bias.
Casuallistening
Listening without obviously showing attention. Actual attentionmay vary a lot.
Comprehensionlistening
Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more).
Contentlistening
Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more).
Criticallistening
Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise passjudgment on what someone else says.
Deep listeningSeeking to understand the person, their personality and their realand unspoken meanings and motivators.
Dialogiclistening
Finding meaning through conversational exchange, asking forclarity and testing understanding.
Discriminativelistening
Listening for something specific but nothing else (eg. a babycrying).
Empatheticlistening
Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling.Demonstrating this empathy.
Evaluativelistening
Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise passjudgment on what someone else says.
False listening Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking.
Full listening Listening to understand. Seeking meaning.
High-integritylistening
Listening from a position of integrity and concern.
Inactivelistening
Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking.
Informativelistening
Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more).
Initial listeningListening at first then thinking about response and looking tointerrupt.
Judgmentallistening
Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise passjudgment on what someone else says.
Partial Listening most of the time but also spending some time day-
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listening dreaming or thinking of a response.
Reflectivelistening
Listening, then reflecting back to the other person what theyhave said.
Relationshiplistening
Listening in order to support and develop a relationship with theother person.
Sympatheticlistening
Listening with concern for the well-being of the other person.
Therapeuticlistening
Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling.Demonstrating this empathy.
Total listeningPaying very close attention in active listening to what is said andthe deeper meaning found through how it is said.
Whole-personlistening
Seeking to understand the person, their personality and their realand unspoken meanings and motivators.
See alsoTypes of listening, Depth of listening, Active listening
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