Reflective emotion in active listening involves:

1. Reflective emotion is one of the basic active-listening techniques. 2. It involves identifying the speaker's feelings, whether expressed or not. 3. The listener then responds to validate the speaker's emotional state. 4. Judging, hiding or ignoring feelings would not validate them. **Why not the others:** Judging the speaker's feelings, hiding one's own and ignoring the speaker's feelings do not validate the speaker. _Source: Wikipedia, "Active listening", section "Techniques of active listening" (revision 1373877374)_