Social capabilities across human development | Part 11 Listening to the end of someone's statement matters, but receiving words does not establish shared meaning. Listening also includes checking understanding, responding in a correctable form, and reflecting corrections in action. The blue bowl, not the red one In a kitchen, someone asks, "Could you pass that bowl?" The other person reaches toward a red bowl but pauses to ask, "This one?" The requester points to a blue bowl. ...