PSY362H5 Chapter Notes -Spontaneous Emission, Musical Tone, Animal Language
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Dec 4/2013 exam review for psy362 no time yet. There may be other animals that participate in language. Syntax: humans can do syntax. or idea. Exception: primates and dolphins: other species can identify symbols but they cannot do syntax to form a sentence. Communication helps us to adapt to our environment (strength in numbers). It helps us solve problems that are important for survival: what are some problems, warning of predators. If we can communicate to each other that there is a predator, we all win: finding food. There is something we can eat: sex - social relationships (bonding) book refers to it as group cohesion. Identification letting others know who you are. Spontaneous emission of sounds suggest that they have some form of communication. Same calls for different predators (different calls for same predator) suggests language. There is more than one way of describing the same thing: classification and diagnosis.
