_____ prefer brief and hurried conversations and often use nonverbal and verbal cues to signal that their partner needs to be more concise.

a. Time-oriented listeners
b. Action-oriented listeners
c. Content-oriented listeners
d. People-oriented listeners

a. Time-oriented listeners
Time-oriented listeners prefer brief and hurried conversations and often use nonverbal and verbal cues to signal that their partner needs to be more concise. Time-oriented listeners may tell others exactly how much time they have to listen, interrupt when feeling time pressures, regularly check the time on their smart phones, during a conversation, and may even nod their heads rapidly to encourage others to pick up the pace.