Tony returns to his dorm room after his first day of classes. He has six new syllabi filled with requirements, has spent the full day all over campus, and is now trying to listen to his girlfriend's story of her first day
The result is that now he can't even remember what his girlfriend just said about meeting for dinner. Tony is suffering from the listening barrier called
a. information overload.
b. preoccupation.
c. physiological distractions.
d. multitasking.
A
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