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 SENDERRECEIVER SENDERRECEIVER CHANNEL

4. Channels

5. Chemically

7. By pheremones

8. Visually

10. Visual communication

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

13. Talking

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

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

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

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

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

20. What needs?

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

22. First, Safety in Numbers

23. Be the biggest badass in the neighborhood

24. Homonids had neither numbers nor natural weapons

26. Human Ancestors

27. Humans cooperate

28. Other homonids don’t cooperate

29. Hunters cooperate

30. Second need -- reproduction

31. Third Need – to bind the group together

32. SENDERRECEIVER SENDERRECEIVER CHANNEL