Conceptualizes listening as the process of how individuals perceive, possess, remember, and understand oral messages. Examines four predominant listening styles as a function of respondant sex and gender-role self-perception. Concludes that gender-role self-perception mediated reported listener styles. (PM)

Describes a study which examined the current matriculation preferences and developmental changes in particular listening habits of medical students during their first year of medical education. Notes that results indicated significant differences between the "people" orientation and the "content" and "time" orientations. Suggests the need for…