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intrapersonal communication - occurs in the form of a person's inner thoughts and beliefs colored by feelings that influence behavior interpersonal communication - defined as a reciprocal, interactive, dynamic process having value, cultural, emotive, and cognitive variables that influence its transmission and reception linear model of communication - model of communication that consists of sender, message, receiver, and context sender - the source or initiator of the message message - the transmitted verbal or nonverbal expression of thoughts and feelings receiver - the recipient of the message context - all the factors that influence how a message is received transactional model of communication - model of communication that includes internal forms in the context of communication, feedback loops, and validation - input --> throughput --> output symmetrical - a role relationship where the roles are equal complementary - a role relationship that typically operates with one person holding a higher position than the other communication - a combination of verbal and nonverbal behaviors integrated for the purpose of sharing informationmetacommunication - a broad term used to describe all of the factors that influence how the message is perceived denotation - the generalized meaning assigned to a word connotation - a more personalized meaning of the word or phrase verbal style factors - moderate pitch and tone in vocalization vary vocalization encourage patient involvement validate patient's worth advocate for patient when necessary provide needed information appropriately nonverbal - the majority of person-to-person communication of the meaning of our message is ________. nonverbal style factors - allow silence use facilitative body language (posture, eye contact, gestures) touch proxemics attend to patient's nonverbal body cues convergence - to adjust one's speech to our conversational partners to help facilitate the interaction divergence - choice of a distinctly different styleage cohort, gender, cultural background, ethnicity, social class, and location - communication is also influenced by style factors such as _______. interpersonal competence - develops as the nurse comes to understand the complex cognitive, behavioral, and cultural factors that influence communication social cognitive competency - the ability to interpret message content within interactions from the point of view of each of the participants message competency - the ability to use language and nonverbal behaviors strategically in the intervention phase of the nursing process to achieve the goals of the interaction slang and jargon - different age groups even in the same culture may attribute different meanings to the same word medical jargon - careful explanations help patients overcome communication challenges responsiveness of participants - affects the depth and breadth of communication roles of participants - paying attention to the role relationship is just as important as deciphering the message same constructive criticism made by a good friend and a supervisor will be interpreted differently context of the message - communication is always influenced by the environment and shaped by the situation in which the interaction occurs