Messages
Skills
Types of Communication
Steps of the Communication Cycle
Letters
100

The target of the message in the communication cycle

What is receiver?

100

The ability to understand another individuals feelings

What is empathy?

100

The usage of spoken and written words to communicate

What is verbal communication?

100

The fourth step of the communication cycle in which the receiver receives the sender's message

What is receiving?

100

The formal channel of communication used to request or provide information and/or apply to a job

What is business letters?

200

The individual or group sending a message

What is sender?

200

The exchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or behavior

What is communication?

200

The usage of body language rather than words to communicate

What is nonverbal communication?

200

The third step in the communication cycle in which the sender selects a channel to deliver the message

What is transmitting?

200

The format in which letters are single-spaced, all parts left justified, one space between each paragraph, and no indentation

What is block business letter format?

300

The medium which carries the message from sender to receiver

What is channel?

300

The communication skill in which the listener is fully focused on the speaker

What is active listening?

300

The steps taken to successfully send and receive a message

What is communication cycle?

300

Anything which disrupts the communication cycle by preventing the receiver from receiving the message the way a sender intended

What is noise?

300

The format in which letters are single-spaced, all parts are left justified, one space between each paragraph and all paragraphs are indented.

What is semi-block business letter format?

400

The thought, idea, or opinion the sender wants conveyed 

What is message?

400

The providing of support in a meaningful way to patients

What is coaching and feedback?

400

A patient-centered communication model in which the patient is viewed as a person

What is therapeutic communication?

400

The second step of the communication cycle in which the sender translates thoughts into verbal and nonverbal actions for the receiver

What is encoding?

400

The format in which a letter is single-spaced, has a date, closing and sender's name is at the center of the page, one space between each paragraph, and all other elements are justified

What is modified-block business letter format?

500

The act of talking to patients over the phone or on a video meeting

What is telehealth?

500

The first step of the communication cycle in which the sender generates information to be shared

What is thinking?

500

The sixth step in the communication cycle in which the receiver responds to the sender's message

What is feedback?

500

The fifth step of the communication cycle in which the receiver processes the message

What is decoding?