PSY352H5 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 study guide
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In the context of animal behavior communication is the sharing of information between individuals. Exactly how communication is transferred will depend upon the machinery available to the individual, upon the environment through which the transfer will take place, and upon the evolutionary history of the animals involved. Although there will be occasions when communicating individuals share information in good faith, there will also be occasions when they attempt to deceive on another. When they communicate they transmit and receive signals, units of information. The word intent in the sense of a voluntary action (voluntary intent). Evolutionary intent: the execution of a behavior that the individual does not choose to exhibit, but which is performed as a result of natural selection (may also be referred to as involuntary intent) As you walk past someone you don"t like, you don"t wave to them but you involuntarily flick your eyebrows up.
