Which barrier to effective listening is displayed when Hilde listens to Sven very carefully until he says something she can use against him, and then she interrupts?

A. criticizing the speaker
B. distracting emotional noise
C. differing speech rate and thought rate
D. being self-absorbed

Answer: A

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. A. the nominal group technique includes meeting face-to-face, whereas the Delphi technique shares ideas in writing or via email. B. the nominal group technique allows for the evaluation of ideas, whereas there is no evaluation in the Delphi technique. C. the Delphi technique must involve computers, whereas the nominal group technique requires face-to-face communication. D. the Delphi technique requires an outside facilitator, whereas the nominal group does not.

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