COMN 2111 Lecture Notes - Parachuting
7 Oct 2013
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Communication in everyday life lecture september 13th, 2013. Discover self & world find out who we are and the world around us. To establish relationships without human relationships, humans cant be human. To help people we automatically engage in the process of helping others: when we see people who don"t do this, our human reaction is to question what is wrong or inhuman about that person. To play and entertain: only human beings are willing to put their lives on the line to play and be entertained (i. e. skydiving) Fundamental needs: physical needs food, sex, water, oxygen, safety shelter, belonging inclusion, friends, family, fun, self esteem, self actualization, he then added two more needs which are, aesthetic, cognitive. Cognitive - the need to know: we ask questions because life = uncertainty. Main reason human beings talk is to reduce uncertainty.
