How is a conflicting objective a barrier to listening? Provide an example

What will be an ideal response?

A conflicting objective occurs when two individuals have different goals for an interaction that might change their listening evaluation, interpretation, and response. For example, if Terry is interested in revamping the employee review process and Alice is interested in getting a raise, they might listen to the same message and have very different interpretations of the interaction representing their conflicting objectives.

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When partners begin to find fault with each other, they are in the _____ stage of the de-escalation process

a. turmoil b. intensification c. individualization d. stagnation

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