PSY274H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Smoke Signal, Vocal Tract, Waggle Dance
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Psy274- human communication: lecture 1: communication defined, human vs. animal communication. Singing is communication: noises made by animals, gestures, clothing. Auditory: primary channels for human communication the hierarchy. Tactile (i. e. shaking hands, closer to people you know) but this is not. How is meaning conveyed during communication: pierce and the classification of signs (stimulus pattern that has some meaning. Stimulus can be auditory or visual or tactile) Subtypes 3 types of signs with different characters. Icon: stimulus pattern signifies something because it physically resembles that thing i. e. images in the mirror it shows you a representation of yourself. Index: stimulus pattern signifies something because it is naturally correlated with that thing. i. e. smoke is correlated to fire, particular facial expression and surprise surprise happens in the head, but it usually co-occurs with facial expression. Symbol: stimulus pattern signifies something due to an arbitrary association.
