Psychology 2043A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability, Calp

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Ingrid L.Stefanovic

Document Summary

Communication: interactive exchange of info, ideas, feelings, needs, and desires. Each communication includes a message, a sender who expresses the message, and a receiver who responds to the message (3 things) Intra-individual communication occurs when the same person is both sender and receiver of the same message (i. e. when we talk to ourselves) Not just spoken or written words - paralinguistic behaviours (speech modifications and non-language sounds) and non-linguistic cues (body posture, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, head and body movement, physical proximity) All languages consist of a set of abstract symbols (sounds, letter, numbers, elements of sign language) and a system of rules for combining those symbols into larger units. Languages are not static - grow and develop as tools for communication. Arbitrariness of language: there is no logical, natural, or required relationship between a set of sounds and the object, concept, or action it represents.