PREMATURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Any habit of agreeable noises, nods or acknowledgement made by the listener before the person has finished saying all he intends to say. (This prevents the speaker from completing what he wants to say, makes him forget what he is talking about and feel dull, causes him to believe the listener is stupid, and results in the speaker getting cross, exhausted in efforts trying to explain and ARC broken, in that sequence. An acknowledgement should come after the speaker has completed saying what he originally intended to communicate.) Premature acknowledgement is something the professional auditor is trained not to do.

occurs when you "coax" a person to talk after he has begun with a nod or a low "yes" you ack, make him forget, then make him believe you haven't got it and then make him tell you at great length. He feels bad and doesn't cognite and may ARC break. Any habit of agreeable noises and nods can be mistaken for acknowledgement, ends cycle on the speaker, causes him to forget, feel dull, believe the listener is stupid, get cross, get exhausted explaining and ARC break. The missed withhold is inadvertent. One didn't get a chance to say what one was going to say because one was stopped by premature acknowledgement. Result, missed W/H in the speaker, with all its consequences. (HCOB 7 Apr 65)