Beefupyourposture.ppt

Beef up your posture;;TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world. T----Technology E----Entertainment D----Design ; Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible.;1. What do we know about power posing from the first three paragraphs? 2. Can you give some examples of high-power poses and low-power poses?;3. How did they carry out the test? 4. What are the results of the test?;3. What are the two key chemicals for ‘power’? 4. What did Cuddy’s research show?;Detailed Study;Power posing, the act of taking a posture that exudes confidence, will make you feel powerful even when you’re not.; Social psychologist and Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy shot to instant fame after giving a TED talk on the subject in 2012. ; that standing or sitting in a certain way, even for just two minutes, changes one’s body chemistry and self-perception. ;High-power poses are broad, often defined by stretched-out limbs and a tilted up chin. ; In a lower-power pose, however, people often wrap themselves up and close themselves off from others. Crouched shoulders, folded arms — these all suggest weakness and vulnerability.;Then, they tested the subjects’ risk tolerance and body chemistry. The results were astounding. ;The risk tolerance of the low-power posers, meanwhile, shrank by 10 percent.;But Cuddy doesn’t advise posing aggressively when being interviewed for a job. That will only offend the interviewers.;;; Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible.;1. What is fatal attraction? 2.What are the fatal-attraction traits typica