2.  Listening requires energy and focus  Fatigue or hunger affect energy  Focus is lessened by distractions  personal problems can be distractions  upcoming events are also distractions

3.  Speakers personality can affect listening  personality: traits, attitudes and habits  personal biases affect our listening  Good listeners prefer dynamic speakers  responding to personality- miss enrichment

4.  Prejudice: prejudgment, bias or belief  Not always grounded in facts  can block real listening sometimes  Ideas: right, wrong, boring, interesting  recognizing prejudices- makes better listener

5.  Physical setting: affects your listening  Listeners constantly confront environmental factors  Temperature, light, noise, space, seating  other people affect our environment  Good listeners have to concentrate

6.  Speaker and Leader Of The House getting tired of the noise  Prejudice & Discrimination: Crash Course Psychology #39