Your body language shapes who you are-Amy Cuddy

A Presentation

on the

Talk of

AMY CUDDY

ByPrateek RoutNIT Rourkela

Amy Joy Casselberry

Cuddy American social psychologist

 Associate Professor at

Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2011Michele Alexander Early Career Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

NONVERBAL EXPRESSIONS

We are judged by our Nonverbals.

Used while having an Online Negotiation

Nonverbals influence the Other Audience i.e. “Us”

Nonverbals of Power and Dominance

STRETCH OUT

“POWERFUL”

Wrap Up

“POWERLESS”

Now we understand

how he always feels.

Powerful & Powerless

In a Classroom

Students Participate

Like this

• Passionate• Confident• Powerful

OR

Participation is also Gender

biased

WE KNOW

“Our Minds change our bodies.”

But

Do our Bodies change our

minds?

Powerful One

• Passionate• Confident•Optimistic

Physiological difference between

Powerful and Powerless?

Depends on two hormones

“Testo

stero

ne”

“Cortis

ol”

Dominance

Stress

EXPERIMENT

The levels of testosterone and cortisol of some people were studied under two poses: High Power poses. (Powerful) Low Power poses. (Less

Powerful)

So either the people become dominant,

assertive and confident

orthey become stress

reactive.

Now is this true for a real life situation

?

Like

A job Interview

Generally before an interview. You

are like

We called people and some of them went

through the high power poses and some through the low power

poses.

Then they went through a very

stressful interview

Interviewer’s Face

RESULTS

The interviewer wanted to recruit the

people who went through high power poses before talking

the interview.

Our bodies change our minds

Our minds change our behavior

Our behavior change our outcomes.

If these sentences are true then what should I do if I don’t want to be somewhere or I don’t

want to do something?

Should I fake it?

Next time when you are up for a job

interview.

Try a High Power pose in the

Or

And don’t leave the situation like

Leave like you have showed them who

you are

RECAPAbout Amy Cuddy.Nonverbal Expressions.Nonverbals of Power and Dominance.Our minds can change our bodies.Fake it till you become it.Try to power pose before a job interview.

Created by Prateek Rout, NIT Rourkela, during an

internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM

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