Question

At the recent school board​ meeting, five individuals spoke on both the merits and problems of​ full-day kindergarten as compared to​ half-day kindergarten. After the​ meeting, your friend Corrine tells​ you, "I​ don't think there is any way they can justify​ full-day kindergarten at this point. Did you hear all those statistics about the high costs versus low​ benefits?" You reply that there was good evidence on both sides of the issue. Corrine frowns and tells you that she​ doesn't remember it that way. By tuning out part of what was said at the​ meeting, Corrine appears to be exhibiting​ ________ listening.

Answer 1

defensive

Step-by-step explanation:

Defensive listening is the case when the person creates a wrong impression or forms a wrong meaning from the simple statements of another person. Such individual tends to find faults and wrong impressions from the simple comments. They assume such statements to be a personal attack to them. This leads them to trigger themselves to fight in defense. In the above case, Corrine's response to the writer exhibits her process of defensive listening.