Richard is attending an important board meeting with his colleagues to discuss future plans for the company. Many ideas are being presented, and Richard is carefully judging and evaluating what he is hearing. He is also listening to decide whether the speaker's message is fact, fiction, or opinion. Richard is engaging in

Answer: Critical listening

Explanation:

Richard is engaged in critical listening during the course of the meeting, to fully get the full message passed across by the different speakers at meeting.

Critical listening is a type of listening, where an individual pays full attention to get full details of information being passed across during a speech and in the process making judgements about what is been discussed.