Students stand in groups waiting for someone to unlock their classroom. The people in each group are able to attend to the voices in their own conversation group and screen out the voices in others. This is an example of ______________?
Correct answer: B. selective listening
- A. shadowing
- B. selective listening
- C. parallel processing
- D. None of these
Explanation
Selective listening is the ability to focus on one conversation or auditory stream while filtering out competing voices. Shadowing usually means repeating an attended message, and parallel processing refers to handling different information streams simultaneously.
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