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PRITI VERMALADY SHRI RAM

COLLEGE

Based on TEDx talk“Your body

language shapes who you are”

AMY CUDDY’s

SOCIAL SCIENTIST CALL BODY LANGUAGE

NON-VERBALS

We make sweeping judgments based on other people’s BODY LANGUAGE

body language Can predict really meaningful life outcomes

WHO WE HIRE?WHO WE

PROMOTE?

WHO WE ASK OUT ON A DATE?

But we are also influenced by our non-verbals.

Which one are

you?

AMY CUDDY studied Power Dynamics

RESULT…

Expression of power in animal kingdom

expanding

In humans

But when we feel powerless we tend to make ourselves smaller

We compliment other’s non-verbals.We don’t mirror them, we do the opposite.

Amy Cuddy observed her MBA students and noticed that they exhibit the full range of power dynamics.There are some who come in, stand in the middle and occupy space whereas there are some who virtually collapse when they come in and make them selves tiny.

She also noticed that this is related to gender. Women feel chronically less powerful than men.

Our non-verbals govern how we think

and feel about

OURSELVES

Can we FAKE

ITUntil weMAKE IT ?

Now she wanted to know

She studied the level of

TESTOSTERONE AND CORTISOL

EXPERIMENT time

People were called in and asked either to take high power poses or low power poses for two minutes and then were asked to gamble. After this, there saliva samples were taken.

RISK TOLERANCE

HIGH POWER

LOW POWER

Testosterone change

HIGH POWER

LOW POWE

R

INCREASE

DECREASE

Cortisol Change

HIGH POWE

R

LOW POWER

DECREASE

INCREASE

Therefore our bodies change our minds

Can power posing for a few minutes really change our life in meaningful ways ?

YES! before any socially evaluative situation

Do a higher power pose in private before going for it, only for 2 minutes, and you will feel powerful and confident.

Our bodies change our

minds, our minds change our

behavior, and our behavior changes

our outcomes.

But a few people have said that they feel FAKE, they feel

that it is not them…. Like they don’t belong there

let us hear a true story

thank you

credits• Amy Cuddy: Your body language

shapes who you are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

• www.google.com (images)

disclaimer

Created by, Priti Verma, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.www,IIMinternship.com