Are you a selective listener?

I listen to a lot but not everything. I don't like listening to gossip. I like facts not rumours and I find that time spent listening to them is time wasted. I prefer to spend my time listening to tsomehing which I find mote interestng. I willingly listen to all kinds of topics and from all sorts of people from a young child to a person much older than me, from all walks of life and international too. Not gossip though as that leads nowhere

In face to face at groups of peoples nor it's individually, i'm listening of each what they were talking about deeply... But actually it depends of the mood i had for that present moment and my capacity to reply what they were talking about... So, i could say that sometimes i do listen to all and also selective.

i dont think i am a selective type of person - unless i really, really know that i cannot tolerate the person in front of me.. people who i already have experience with - you know there are people who just dunno how to 'talk to other people' - who talks down on you, very argumentive, dont really talk to you but at you.. but in most cases - i find that people can confide in me, come and approach me with their problems and doubts.. and i do listen to them attentively - because i always put myself in that person's place - what if it was me talking, and the other person not paying attention - i sure wont like that, so i surely wont do it to others..

I thought selective listening refers to the process when a person chooses the topics that interest him/her and remembers only those topics that have made impact on him/her; and that a selective listener always has a way of phasing out of a given crowd when things are not likable to him/her. I have always thought that being a selective listener is a different thing from being a sincere listener when one totally gives his/her full attention to somebody else sharing a problem or an opinion. I just see these two things in different levels. Anyway, to answer your first question, I am a very selective listener. I can easily play deaf when things do not appeal to my hearing senses. To answer the second one, I do not listen to everyone. I do not want to waste my time to people who have not even fully understood what they are talking about. Have you met those people who agree and disagree themselves? They truly hurt the ears.

well, i think i can call myself a selective listener. it's really hard to listen to everybody. most often, i choose the people whom i listen to. for example if i have a problem, i would only listen to people whom i consider as friends. not only that, they have to be those whom i know is genuinely concerned for my well-being. is that a definition of a selective listener? furthermore, there are also people that i do not listen to. like those people who's got nothing good coming from their mouth or those people whom i know are not worth my time. although i'm a good listener, i can't say that i feel comfortable listening to everybody. what do you think rosdimy? can you consider me a selective listener?

I usually listen to pretty much everything. My roommate here at college loves to talk though. Whenever I call her on the phone she can talk and talk and talk for hours. When we're both in the same room, my selective listening kicks in and I tune her out sometimes just because I always hear her talking so much. But other than that I usually try and listen to everything that everyone says.

First of all, i'm sorry i was under the impression that those who listen to or catch only a few of your points to their advantage are called selective listener. Either way i'm not a selective listener becasue people find it easy to talk to me and tell their problems, like in your case. If i were rigid of a selective listener i wouldn't have been listening to these many grievances :) But i do become a selective litener when i have my own probems to sort out and try to avoid more discouragments and disapprovals from other :P