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Which listening barrier is interrupting effective communication in the example below?

Taylor: I just found out my dad got us tickets for the football game! Morgan: I don't watch professional sports anymore.
Taylor: Oh, well, I'm really excited to go.
Morgan: Well, the more I thought about it, the more I realized it's ridiculous to pay money to watch grown men play games. I've noticed that really intelligent people don't watch a lot of sports.

Pseudo-listening.
Monopolizing.
Selective listening.
Ambushing.

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Pseudo-listening. The intent of pseudo-listening is not to listen, but to cater to some other personal need of the listener.

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Pseudo-listening. The intent of pseudo-listening is not to listen, but to cater to some other personal need of the listener.
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