John dislikes his co-worker, Dylan. Dylan must miss the morning staff meeting as he has other work-related responsibilities to complete at this time. It is John's responsibility to fill Dylan in on what happened at the meeting. Many times John decides to leave out critical details or pointers that may help Dylan to be more successful in getting things done. John is engaging in which communication barrier?

A) Selective listening
B) Filtering
C) Semantic barriers
D) Physical distractions
E) Proxemics

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Dylan Murray · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  John is intentionally filtering the information he gives to Dylan, leaving out important details. This is a classic example of filtering as a communication barrier.

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