Question

As soon as Barton finishes speaking, Matt jumps in and says, "Ha! I knew that’s what you’d think and I can tear holes in your reasoning." He then proceeds to refute much of what Barton said. Matt has engaged in:

Answer 1

AMBUSHING

Step-by-step explanation:

Ambushing is the situation whereby a listener pays close attention in the view of gathering useful information mentioned by the speaker in order to attack what the speaker is saying.

With the statement Matt made, you can see he was paying close attention to the things said by Barton just so he can refute much of what Barton has said.

Listeners that ambush do this in order to contradict or oppose the other person to trap them by using their own words against them. It's a form of listening barrier.