The purpose of this questionnaire is to evaluate your level of listening.

Answer each statement by putting a number from 1 to 5: 1=always false;

2=usually false; 3=sometimes false; 4=normally true and 5=always true.

---1. I have difficulty distinguishing important ideas from unimportant ones

when I listen to others.
---2. When I listen to others, I check the information against what I already
know.
---3. I tend to have some idea of what I am going to be told when I listen
to others.
---4. I pay attention to other people's feelings when I listen to them.
---5. When I listen to others, I tend to think about what I am going to say
next.
---6. I focus on the communication process that is going on in myself and
others when I listen to them.
---7. When I want to speak, I can't wait for others to finish talking.
---8. I try to understand the meanings that are being elaborated when
others are talking.
---9. I focus on the extent to which I am understood when others speak.
___10. When I don't know what they mean, I ask them to elaborate
further.