PSY274H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Human Communication, Telling Stories, Vocal Folds
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What is human communication: communication situations, situations in which we communicate vary and are limitless, ex. Explaining an excuse, ordering lunch, asking for a bus ticket: probably not all communication merely involves the passing of messages. Involves the exchange of information: reasons for communicating. Transmitting ideas, sharing information, passing messages, telling stories, making someone laugh, calming down an anxius person; expressing love; declaring an allegiance, teaching a skill, asking questions, threatening someone, passing emotion, persuading. Intention, agency, and recipiency: communication involves the things listed in the above heading, an agent intends to instigate communicative behaviour, but an act is only communicative if subsequently received by another person (recipient, ex. Human proceeds to pick bowl up and fill it with water and returns it to the dog. It is the predominant means by which human beings communicate with each other. It is the ability to understand and use symbols ex.
