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www.wsu.edu/~taflinge/Com101/Com101.html. Go here for syllabus. Communication. Transmission of a message from a source to a receiver. Model of Communication. CHANNEL. SENDER. RECEIVER. RECEIVER. SENDER. CHANNEL. Channels. Chemically. By pheremones. Visually. Visual communication.

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  1. www.wsu.edu/~taflinge/Com101/Com101.html Go here for syllabus

  2. Communication Transmission of a message from a source to a receiver

  3. Model of Communication CHANNEL SENDER RECEIVER RECEIVER SENDER CHANNEL

  4. Channels

  5. Chemically

  6. By pheremones

  7. Visually

  8. Visual communication

  9. Aurally • Sounds are used by many creatures • Dolphins • Whales • Birds • Monkeys • Apes • People

  10. Talking

  11. A definition of talking The intricate manipulation of oral sound to convey meaning

  12. All kinds of animals manipulate sound to convey meaning.Are they talking?

  13. A question of vocabulary • Birds have about 35 “words” • Monkeys about 50 “words” • Chimps about 300 “words” • Humans (in English alone) about 750,000 words Why this huge difference?

  14. Why communicate at all? To make connections with other members of your species

  15. The greater the need for connection, the greater the vocabulary

  16. What needs?

  17. First, self-protection, also known as survival Two ways to do that

  18. First, Safety in Numbers

  19. Be the biggest badass in the neighborhood

  20. Homonids had neither numbers nor natural weapons

  21. Human Ancestors

  22. Humans cooperate

  23. Other homonids don’t cooperate

  24. Hunters cooperate

  25. Second need -- reproduction

  26. Third Need – to bind the group together

  27. CHANNEL SENDER RECEIVER RECEIVER SENDER CHANNEL

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