Question

What is empathic listening?

A) listening for facts and supporting details

B) imagining yourself in the speaker’s position

C) asking questions to obtain more information

D) identifying artistic elements in a speech

Answer 1

B) imagining yourself in the speaker’s position

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The answer is B: imagining yourself in the speaker’s position.

Empathy is a human quality by which a person can come to understand, either cognitively or emotionally, the feelings or emotions that another person may be experiencing at any given time. “To put yourself in my position”, “to walk in somebody else´s shoes” are both colloquial expressions that elaborate on the sense of the word empathy. Then, empathic listening is the action of listening while manifesting characteristics of empathy.