Define the difference between engaged and disengaged listening.

What will be an ideal response?

Engaged listening involves making a personal relational connection with the source of the message—caring, trusting, wanting to know more, and feeling concerned. Disengaged listening goes through the “motions” of listening but lacks meaning and empathy underlying the listening behavior.

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If Paul's mother was cold and distant during his childhood, his ________ association with the word "mother" is likely to be negative

a. content b. significant c. connotative d. denotative

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Match the proper term to this definition: the process by which repeated everyday practices create a “structure” for performance in the future.

a. Sedimentation b. Structuration c. High code adoption d. Continuation of identity

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