After a meeting with her manager, Madeline is considering her own abilities to listen and how her manager demonstrates both helpful and detrimental listening skills in meetings. Which contextually-based model of listening best describes Madeline's thinking?
A) Integrative Listening Model
B) Speech Science Model
C) Cognitive Memory Model
D) Systems Model

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The Integrative Listening Model is contextually-based and focuses on how listeners make sense of messages based on their own knowledge, experiences, and abilities, as well as the context in which the message is being delivered. This model is particularly relevant in Madeline's situation as she is reflecting on her own listening abilities and the listening skills of her manager in the context of a meeting. The other models listed (Speech Science Model, Cognitive Memory Model, Systems Model) are more focused on the physiological or cognitive processes of listening and are not as relevant to Madeline's current thinking.

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