Gerald is listening to comfort a friend whose apartment has just been burglarized. according to your textbook, gerald is engaged in listening. intimate empathic comprehensive appreciative sympathetic previous next

The correct answer is:   [B]:  

              " empathetic " .

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Empathic is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Paying attention to what other person is saying is called empathetic listening. Empathy is different from sympathy, empathy means feeling as the other person feels.The basic principle for empathetic listening is try to understand, before being understood. For empathetic listening one should form a cognitive and emotional relation with the speaker, it can be done by repeating back to the person what they said or by asking how the person feels about the situation. .

the secretary of state, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, is the president's chief foreign affairs adviser. the secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the united states.

acts of terrorism occur globally. the united nations global counter-terrorism strategy was created in order to build adequate systems of support and solidarity with victims of terrorism. here´s a summary of the proposed key themes: the importance of giving victims a face and a voice; protecting their dignity; giving victims legal status and defending their legal rights; providing victims with medical, psycho-social and financial support; building solidarity with victims; improving media coverage of victims; and focusing on the link between victims and counter-terrorism efforts more generally.