ACTIVITY OF THE DAY🔗

Selective listening is the act of hearing and interpreting only parts of a message that seem relevant to you, while ignoring or devaluing the rest. Often, selective listeners will form arguments before they've heard the full story, making them not only poor listeners, but poor speakers too! To confront this in a group environment , one moderator should compose a list of objects or ideas, all similar in theme. For example: turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard, cheese, etc. These are all sandwich components, and most people will recognize this. The list should be relatively long, maybe 15 to 20 words, and have some repeated words. For example: turkey , lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard, cheese, ham, lettuce, pickles, onion, olives, lettuce.

The moderator should read this list to the group and allot 30 seconds to have them write down as many words as they can remember. Most people will remember the word that was repeated the most and a notable amount will most likely write down words that were obvious, but not actually stated on the list. For example, bread, sandwich or food.