Please watch the following TED talks.
- TED Talk 5 Ways to Listen Better
- TED Talk Video: Perspective
After viewing both, you will need write a post that details your reaction to the videos. In your reaction, please address the following:
- Are you a good listener?
- How could you be better?
- How does your perspective impact your ability to listen?
- What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?
- How can what is discussed in the videos help people to think more critically?
This post is due by Wednesday, October 9th.
18 thoughts on “Assignment #3: Ted Talk Reactions”
I think I’m a good listener because I like to pay attention to my classmates when they present their speech in class . I appreciate their research , their effort to present a new subject each speech class and those new information I am receiving each time . I make sure I pay fully attention , write down the topic sentence , the main points and ask them question after their presentations .
To improve listening we need to get rid of not only internal distractions that occur within the listener such as terrible headaches in class that makes you focus on pain instead of listening but also external distractions that occur within the environment such us piercing sounds coming sirens or noise from the class next door that downs the speaker’s voice. This noise prevent you from hearing clearly so you will need to ask the speaker to repeat the information and this will cause distraction .
Your own perspective can impact your ability to listen by judging depending on your biases , beliefs and schema . This will impact your decisions by viewing your own point of view as right or wrong , one or other and you support your own ideas and makes you in dualism stage of critical thinking . Most of the time these people are unable to apply critical thinking in real life .
I yearn to defend my beliefs but in the same time I try to listen to others point of you because authorities can be mistaken and we learn everyday something new and w have to be open to any type of challenge but we have to make decisions based on reasonable evidence .
The videos can help people to think more critically by listening carefully to the speaker and try to get rid of listening barriers such as internal and external distractions also not to judge anyone without looking into facts and deep research .
I beileve that I am a good listener because I use the “Rasa’ Method which is an important aspect when engaging in a conversation with someone so that they can feel as though you are actually listening to them . My perspective impacts my ability to listen because sometimes I do have this stubborn way about me , when I believe strongly about something for example if i’m debating with someone about anything I just would tune them out if I feel that they aren’t saying important things that aren’t necessary or if I feel as if they are trying to turn the conversation into an argument . I yearn the most for respect I yearn to defend my own beliefs , I feel as though I respect everyone so it should be the same there is a saying ” You have to give respect to get respect ” and I’m big on that in return I will defend myself in a respectful way if I have to . People can think more critically if they don’t feel entitled to their opinion and feelings for example when it comes to accusing someone of something that they supposedly did they would have to have evidence to back up that reasoning .
My reaction to the videos “5 ways to listen better” and “perspective” I feel very relative to them. They were highly inspiring and reflective on being advanced in listening and positive perceptions. More of an intrinsic reaction than an extrinsic. The vocabulary they used was of great choice also.
Yes, I do think that I am a good listener.
I could be better by studying more lectures of the sort.
I fell my perspective impacts my ability to listen negatively if the deliverer is not compatible and positively if they are compatible.
What I yearn for most is simplicity. And with it I hope to see the world as clearly as possible.
The videos discussed can help people think more critically If they carry the characteristics discussed in the video, they will be better critical thinkers.
I don’t think I’m a good listener because I only listen when it’s important if it’s not important, I probably wouldn’t even listen or care too much about it.
To improve my listening skill I feel like I have to focus more on everything even if it’s not important. I might be useful now but it might be later on in my lifetime. Plus I have to stop paying attention to the internal distraction around me and start ignoring it. I have to start aiming for improving my weakness which is getting distracted easily.
I feel like this video can help people to improve their listening skills and understand the main points of listening and also getting rid of of listening barrel, For example like internal and external distractions. Plus judging others without any evidence.
I think I’m a bad listener because I don’t pay attention to anything that’s not important to me or you can say that’s not useful for me.
To improve my listening skill, I feel I have to start paying attention to everything, people say to me and take in the information that’s useful for me and stop ignoring it, who knows it not be useful to me right now but it might be later on in the future.
This video can help people improving their listening skills, also help them get rid of the internal and external distractions, but the main point is to not judging people without any real evidence or strong information about them.
I am a good listener, when someone is talking I pay attention with eye contact as well as listen closely. I feel I can be better by also listening to someone who may be talking about a subject that I may not be interested in. My perspective impact my ability to listen by having an mindfulness of compassion and empathy in a conversation. I just yearn to defend what I believe in as well as seeing the world from someone else perspective. The information that is discussed in the videos help people to think more critically by focusing on how people feel when we believe our opinions are better than anyone else opinions. To help people listen to what someone else is saying rather than putting your beliefs in front of everything without actually listening to someone else opinions.
I think I’m a good listener because I always remain an active listener during silence. And I like to pay attention when communicating without interrupting, allow people to share their feelings and thoughts uninterrupted. Empathize with them, put myself in their shoes. If I first seek to understand, I will find myself being better understood. Be an active listener, means that I must act really interested in what other people are communicating. Listen to what they are saying instead of thinking about my response. For example; as an emotional regulation and empathy, perspective taking relies not only upon our ability to share emotions with others, but also upon our capacity to regulate our own emotions. To be effective with others we must be aware of what might trigger us so we can quickly refocus ourselves on what is happening with the other. When it comes to empathy, the point is not to ask ourselves what we would do in any given situation, it is to try and understand what another would do.
Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining my beliefs. I know that if truly believe in something, or not, is only truly affected by changes in my life and experiences. Also, I know that people who are uncomfortable with any of my beliefs, are really unsure of their own beliefs and as they are the only one that has any power to change their beliefs, they can feel threatened and hide their beliefs. But the beliefs don’t necessarily change, unless they choose to change them.
These videos can help people to think more critically if only they support the aspect or the habit from the videos by receiving, appreciating, summarizing and asking.
I think I am a good listener and “RASA”, that stands for Receive- which means pay attention to the person you are talking with; Appreciate- making little noises like “okay”; Summarize- like using the word “so” which is very important when communicating with the person; and Ask- like asking question afterwards. This is the reason why I believe that “RASA” is my way of listening better. I like to ask questions and use appreciation when listening because I think that it is a good way of understanding. To put it way simple, your power of understanding starts with your ability to listen. It builds on curiosity, patience, and empathy – skills can’t develop overnight: they take time and determination. You can ask questions like “If I understand correctly, you said that…, didn’t you?” or small request like “can you repeat that, please?”, the person talking has a chance to revisit what they were saying and clear confusion, while you remember better. I have found that taking a few seconds to summarize what someone just said makes it a lot easier to make sure that I’ve understood what happened. I think interrupting or jumping in with solutions can be harder, however, you can make it easier by just being present at the moment and listen fully to what the other person has to say and let him/her speak until the end of the conversation. your perspective impacts your ability to listen depending on your own belief. It all relies on your point of view and ideas on what you think of the conversation. Your perspective is not the complete truth on how everyone else sees it and the way you understand and think is the only way to look at it. I yearn to listen to others’ points of view and ideas because I think that could help me gain more knowledge and learn something new with those who are open-minded. This video helps people think critically by paying attention and listening carefully when engaging in a conversation with someone.
It is okay to be a bad listener, and even though you hate listening to something that isn’t important, but just tries sometimes to listen to them it might help you focus more on the important conversations.
I think I am a good listener because I listened to my Parent, Friends, and Classmate. I make sure that I pay attention to what they are saying because you never know if what they are saying could have a great impact on what you were all talking about. For example, your Friend could say the best soccer player is Maradona but then you have to listen to there Evidence to why they said that but as long as what they said doesn’t impact your perspective on why the best soccer player is Maradona then either you listen to then or then you argue of why that person is. But that explains why I think i am a good listener because I listen to them but could not convince of why. My perspective impacts my listen because it help me pick if i agree with your classmate/Friends opinion or you disagree with there opinions.
I consider myself a good listener, because when I’m listening to someone else I keep eye contact and show interest by my body language. Not only that but when listening to someone else I usually paraphrase what there saying if I’m having a conversation. I don’t think Im a good listener at all times because sometimes too much noise at once distract me and I’m not able to stay focused.
In order for us to become better listener we need to be in silence at least 3 min a day to reset our ears and brain. Due to the video there are multiple exercises that we can apply on ourselves and suggest to others to become a better listener. One of the ways is “The Mixer” which is the ability to listen to different things in a noisy environment. Another one is the “Listening Position” which is the idea to move the listening position to what is appropriate. A few of them are active which means passive, predictive which is expansive and also critical which leads to empathetic. These are the activity we can practice on a daily basis.
Your own perspective impact the ability to listen because of the ideas we already have due to our opinion. Also when people believe in a specific idea it blocks them from seeing other peoples opinion or even accepting it. Perspective taking requires the maturity to gain knowledge and be respectful of another person’s personal beliefs. When we are disrespectful or contradict other person and their belief system it is the quickest path to creating separation and division between people.
I yearn to see the world as clearly as possible as I can but at the same time I apply my beliefs in it. I also understand that not everyone’s beliefs are the same so this helps me understand the worlds beliefs and other people’s belief im able to listen to them without blocking my mind. Also it helps me view other people’s perspective so I can apply it to myself if I’m wrong or I can help others if there wrong.
The videos would help people think more critically because it opens their ears and mind to listen more and also we can apply those exercise to ourselves. If we listen more we can view different ideas that might change our own ideas because there are not always right. The second video on “ Why you think you’re right-even if you’re wrong” makes us understand that we aren’t always right also we can apply motivated reasoning which is when trying to make some ideas win and others lose. Which means it doesn’t matter if we are wrong we don’t need to be ashamed of ourselves if not feel intrigued. In conclusion the videos showed us that in order to be a good critical thinker we need to be curious, open minded and more grounded like a scout.
I think I am a good listener because I pay attention to detail and always stay engaged in the presentation I’m viewing or the conversation I’m in. To improve my listening I can move my “listening position” to what is appropiate or in other words i can make sure I don’t get distracted and stay focused on whats really important, which is the speaker and the topic of discussion. Depending on the mindset someone has that determines what they choose to listen to or what grasps their attention. I mostly yearn to be able to see the world as clearly as i possibly can, which is why i have an open mindset even when i get introduced to a new idea. Julia Galef stated in her speech that changing the way one feels or learning to be proud instead of ashamed when they are wrong can help people think more critical. Also how someone can learn to feel intrigued instead of defensive when they encounter an idea that contradicts their beliefs.
– I strongly believe I am a good listener but sometimes I can get easily distracted. I think I can do way much better by not losing focus easily and keeping my eyes one one thing while listening when someone speak. My perspective impact my ability to listen if it has my attention and focus. I yearn the most for success I really want to make it it’s one of my biggest fears. I yearn for both my beliefs and to see the world as clearly as I can. These two videos will help someone by paying more attention especially to sound and not to judge right away, listen receive, appreciate summaries and ask questions.
I think I’m not a good listener, because i don’t like the noise and could like to put myself into a private space. After watch the video I mention that I don’t really pay attention when i talk with others, What i usually do is catch the key words and think about what they trying to say in my own thought. What i could do to improve it is that to listen carefully about what people say to me and try to take out my earphone and listen the world. Sometimes i hear the ideas that is connect to my idea i will strong agree with it and think it’s right. However, if i find something different i will just forget about it. After watch the video, Those ideas that i think was wrong doesn’t means that they are wrong, it’s just i think they are wrong. What i did now is to defind my own beliefs, but i would like to change it, I wants to see the world as clearly as i can. The video used many daily things or what actually happened in our world to explain how important that critical thinking was. I make me to think how i think before and what i want to think in future.
I believe that I’m a good listener, i listen to everyone and everything. I have my own method to listen and understand, never was the type to give great eye contact or take a lot of notes on particular things. I do not like complete silence, even though i agree with him about re-calibrating your listening each day. I pay attention no matter how boring a certain topic or conversation would be.
your perspective impacts your listening depending on the situation, people are blinded by judgment and don’t want to listen to understand the problem. Instead of just scout out the problem make a better decision instead of jumping into conclusion.
I am a good listener, when someone is talking I pay attention with eye contact as well as listen closely but something I don’t eye contact .my reaction to the videos “5 ways to listen better” and “perspective”My perspective impact my ability to listen by having an mindfulness of compassion and empathy in a conversation. I just learn to defend what I believe in as well as seeing the world from someone else perspective. The information that is discussed in the videos help people to think more critically by focusing on how people feel when we believe our opinions are better than anyone else opinions.The vocabulary they used was of great choice also.To help people listen to what someone else is saying rather than putting your beliefs in front of everything without actually listening to someone else opinions
Eventually, I’m not a good listener, because during the class time I will Always be woolgathered. Mostly, I’m not interested in all the courses that I took, and I don’t like to take notes for the class, but if we have interaction in the class about assignments or grades I might be a good listener. In addition, if I going to listening to my friends when they are sad or having a deep conversation with true friends, I will be a very good listener.
I might understand where is my trouble at, and to improve my listening I have to get rid of all the fun ideas in my head. For me, good Room temperature and a full of energy can make me improve my listening.
My perspective impact my biliary to listen is by my ideas, belief, and schema. For example, if I am going to listen to a debate competition on something that I’m interested in. First, I will choose a side to stand and when I hear the opposite answer that I agree, I might stop to listen to them.
I do yearn to defend my own beliefs, but also I will listen to other opinions, points of view because most of the time I don’t want to have mistakes on something that not necessary .
I think I am a good listener,I give great feedback in return others tend to take it a bit to serious.When all I’m doing is telling them how is supposed to be said. Making me better is analyzing every little detail a person may be saying I tend to focus on what sounds interesting to me when their whole statement can be interesting . My perspective can impact me as a listener being indecisive ,sometimes I have to think about what I might say to make it better for mine and your understanding sometimes I can over do it and just completely ignore it and do my own thing. I yearn for my dog I love her to bits and if I sleepover at someone else’s house I would automatically want to come home just because of her!! I yearn to defined my own beliefs like in argument with others I would always put the facts in the situation and not bring any random example into it . Getting them to listen critically to the speaker and engage by asking urself self taught questions