Description
: Listening & Memory for College Students
Instructions: In class, we discussed both listening and memory. For this activity, you will draw on the information you learned about listening and improving your memory. Refer to class notes and readings from Unit 3 to help you complete this activity.
- Define both hearing and listening in your own words. Please also describe the differences between hearing and listening.
- In class we discussed 6 different factors that tend to make listening difficult. For this part please provide (a) a description of each factor and (b) an example that was not discussed in class for each factor.
- Discuss what steps you would take to overcome the problems you mentioned for #2. Please provide at least three specific steps you would use to overcome any or all of the problems.
- In class we discussed several ways to improve individuals’ long-term memory. Which of these methods works best for you and WHY? Your answer should have two parts: (a) description of the method you tend to use and (b) a brief reasoning for your choice
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Running head: LISTENING AND MEMORY
Listening and Memory
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Question 1
Hearing – Once sound is produced, it is received by our ears. Whether noise or any other form of
sound, the ears receive the waves sent. Hearing could, therefore, be termed as the ability of the
ears to perceive sound.
Listening – Listening on the other hand refers to the act of hearing and understanding the sound.
Once sound has been received via the ears, the mind interprets it in order for understanding to
take place. Listening is, therefore, the art of receiving, interpreting, and understanding the sound.
Question 2
The six different factors th...
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