ESSAY : Discussion Board in Effective Listening in Interpersonal Communication

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
An underrated aspect of interpersonal communication is listening. Many times, the success of a conversation will depend on whether one person took the time to actually listen to what the other person had to say.
Think about a time in which you had a conversation with someone and although you heard the words that the person spoke, you did not really listen. Did you ever wonder why? Take the time to describe the incident and then discuss the following:
Summarize the situation:
Who were you talking to?
What was the subject?
How did it go?
Explain the following:
What is the difference between hearing someone and listening to someone?
Which style of listening was used in this example and why?
What are some of the barriers to effective listening in your example?

SAMPLE SOLUTION

The act of listening tends to be very simple, given that the ears register the sounds produced, whereas the brain interprets them. Assuming that the ears received the sounds most appropriately, the listener knows the real meaning of these sounds (Barnlund, 2017). Nevertheless, the situation is a bit complicated in the real world scenario. First, for the brain to effectively process the message, the listener has to pay attention as any distraction may divert the listener’s minds from the topic of discussion (Caspersz & Stasinska, 2015).
One day I was having a conversation with my friend about his spouse, whom he was angry at since she was too consumed by her career, spent most of her time in office, and missed essential outings with the family. He looked embarrassed by the situation, but he didn’t want to air his dirty laundry in public. At the same time, he felt the significance of talking to someone about the issue. However, the conversation with my friend did not go on smoothly as I too had a disturbing condition as I was recently…