“We may practice selective listening, hearing only certain parts of the conversation,” (Walker, 1998). Growing up I had a problem with this very often. When it came to doing chores I would only listen to certain parts of what the task included. This led to me getting in trouble because I did not complete the entire task. Also, my friends used to tell that I have selective listening often. Whenever, we got into arguments I would only listen to certain parts of the argument so that I could yell at them about it. But this is just a bad example of selective listening. Selective listening can be important for social workers because it helps them target certain things being said that need to be attended to.
