PSY274H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Smoke Signal, Human Communication, Animal Communication
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Music may excite an emotion, arouse a mood or convey an impression of energy. Painting may awaken consciousness and a sense of the artist"s purpose: call forth feelings of intimacy and romance or of terror and foreboding. Mathematics, is also a method of communication grounded in laws, rules and solutions. Touch gentle touch conveys a different message than a tight slap. Underlying presumption that communication is a skill that can be learnt or taught. Intensity of the information, the medium, and the communicator are evaluated when communicating. The forms of communication listed above are means of representing the appearance of the world. It is human capacity to build words, combine them into meaningful sequences and then articulate them through speech- most powerful communication on the planet. The number and types of situations in which we communicate are virtually limitless. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)gs ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed as (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pulsi(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)ators(cid:863)
