The class I'm going to write about in this blog post is Psychology. While I find the course very interesting and in depth, it is probably on of the hardest to pay attention in and really listen. Psych is what I would call the typical lecture style class. I have around 100 students in my class, and if you take one look around you, can clearly see who is listening to the teacher and who isn't. Now as far as the steps of listening, I try my best to use each step in each class. Now in all of my other classes I can do this relatively easily. However for me Psych is a different story.
In Psychology class I can almost complete every step in the true listening process. However the two problems I have are understanding, and memorization. My main problem with understanding is this, I sometimes cannot keep up with what the teacher is telling us. Because of this I sometimes may right the wrong thing or miss it completely. This just puts me into a deeper ditch because if I copy the wrong information than I will have a big problem memorizing it. And when the time comes to use that info I will have listened to the wrong thing.
On top of the problems I might have listening, my surroundings greatly affect how effectively I take in the information being presented. For example in he middle of class today while the teacher was discussing the functions of the nervous systems when a guy walks through the door and just stares at everyone in the room. We are all now locked in a starring contest with this guy and the information I had just stored is suddenly gone. In particular class I do not have trouble responding. I simply look over what I have read the previous night and use that knowledge to form an intelligent answer.
Now I never claimed to be a saint, and my listening does need alot of help. But when the situation presents itself I am a very good listener and can surprise you with an excellent response.
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