TED Talk Your body language shapes who you are

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PRE-Reading: Match the definitions to the correct nouns.

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a simple and clever tip that can be used to manage time and activities efficiently
a methodical examination
the state of being without
the liquid in your mouth
a presentation of a business idea to potential investors

So I want to start by offering you a free no-tech life hack

I want to ask you to right now do a little audit of your body and what you’re doing with your body.

So a handshake, or the lack of a handshake, can have us talking for weeks and weeks and weeks.

and then we give them an opportunity to gamble, and then we take another saliva sample.

It might be giving a pitch or giving a talk like this or doing a job interview

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Question 2 of 19

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a person who says he is somebody else in order to trick people
a person who is as old as you or who has the same social status as you
a person who is a medical doctor

I don’t want to get there and then still feel like a fraud. I don’t want to feel like an impostor.

Eventually I graduated from college. It took me four years longer than my peers

their judgments of the physician’s niceness predict whether or not that physician will be sued.

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to fine-tune
to complete something else or make it better
to set up something so that it can be used

I’m hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds.

So what we tend to do when it comes to power is that we complement the other’s nonverbals.

So two minutes lead to these hormonal changes that configure your brain to basically be either assertive, confident and comfortable, or really stress-reactive, and feeling sort of shut down.

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to try to embarrass and annoy a public speaker by questions, comments etc
to increase very suddenly
to produce a feeling of familiarity or emotion
to take someone to court

So for five minutes, nothing, and this is worse than being heckled. People hate this.

So this really spikes your cortisol.

And that really resonated with me, because I want to tell you a little story about being an impostor and feeling like I’m not supposed to be here.

their judgments of the physician’s niceness predict whether or not that physician will be sued

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disrespectful
too general
of or relating to the job of state governor in the US
existing since birth

We’re interested in an awkward interaction, or a smile, or a contemptuous glance, or maybe a very awkward wink, or maybe even something like a handshake.

And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language.

Alex Todorov at Princeton has shown us that judgments of political candidates’ faces in just one second predict 70 percent of U.S. Senate and gubernatorial race outcomes

She shows that people who are born with sight and people who are congenitally blind do this when they win at a physical competition.

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Question 6 of 19

6. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(beginning – 1:27)
What does Amy Cuddy ask her public to do as a preparation for a free no-tech life hack?

to be aware of other people

to be conscious of their bodies

to create a safe space for themselves

to think of their body as an instrument

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Question 7 of 19

7. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(1:27 – 2:33)
Fill the gaps:

“And there’s a lot of reason to believe that this is a way to look at this. So social scientists have spent a lot of time looking at the effects of our body language, or other people’s body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.”

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Question 8 of 19

8. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(2:33 – 3:30)

Amy Cuddy demonstrates the importance of the effects of body language by telling about the experiment of Nalini Ambady .

Nalini Ambady showed that that when people watch 30-second soundless clips of real physician-patient interactions, it can predict whether that physician

will be good at his work

will be taken to court

will have a large patient base

will have many discussions with patients

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Question 9 of 19

9. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(3:24 – 4:00)

What do we tend to forget according to Amy Cuddy when we think about nonverbals?

That nonverbals are usually spontaneous.

That nonverbals can be influenced by our prejudices.

That our nonverbals can have a major impact on our surroundings.

That we are affected by our own nonverbals as well.

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Question 10 of 19

10. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(4:00 – 5:00)

What is especially interesting about the expression known as pride according to Amy Cuddy?

Everybody uses it whether they have seen it before or not.

It does not seem to be used by the visually impaired.

It has become very popular at sports competitions.

It is used both by humans and animals.

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Question 11 of 19

11. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(5:00 – 5:29)

Fill the gaps:

“And this is what happens when you put together high and low power. So what we tend to do when it comes to power is that we the other’s nonverbals. So if someone is being really powerful with us, we tend to make ourselves smaller. We don’t them. We do the opposite of them.”

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Question 12 of 19

12. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(5:29 – 7:03)

When Amy Cuddy watched classroom behaviour of students, she noticed that displaying power nonverbals seems to be related to two things.
Which two things?

classroom involvement

empathy

intelligence

masculinity/femininity

social background

social skills

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Question 13 of 19

13. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(7:03 – 9:02)

Which of the following characteristics of powerful people does Amy Cuddy mention?
Powerful people tend to

be able to stand up for their own rights

be able to think about things that are not actually present

be more arrogant

be more positive about the future

to be more prepared to take action without regard to the possibility of danger

be more outspoken

feel more lucky

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Question 14 of 19

14. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(8:02 – 9:02)

Fill the gaps:

What do the hormones testosterone and cortisol regulate according to Amy Cuddy ?
Testosterone regulates .
Cortisol regulates .

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Question 15 of 19

15. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(9:02 – 10:24)

I Ideally a leader should be dominant and relaxed at the same time.
II It has been shown that role change can lead to hormonal changes.

Statement I is true, statement II is false

Statement II is true, statement I is false

Statements I and II are both true

Statements I and II are both false

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Question 16 of 19

16. Question

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(10:24 – 12:41)

True or False?

Our body language cannot influence how we think and feel about ourselves.

false

true

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Question 17 of 19

17. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(12:41 – 15:40)

“But the next question, of course, is, can power posing for a few minutes really change your life in meaningful ways?”
In which specific situation did she put this to the test?

Being interviewed for a job.

Speaking at a school board meeting.

Talking at the lunchroom table.

Undergoing tests in a medical lab.

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Question 18 of 19

18. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(15:40 – 19:38)

Why does Amy Cuddy tell the story of her car accident?

To reveal to her public that she is in fact an impostor.

To share that she herself is living proof of ‘faking it till you make it’.

To stress the importance of establishing an own identity.

To underline the importance of having a caring and supportive teacher.

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Question 19 of 19

19. Question

First, read the question, then watch the video.

(19:38 – end)

Which two things does she ask her audience to do?

be kinder to vulnerable people

deflate their egos

keep open minds about power posing

stop being governed by nonverbals

tell people about power posing

use power posing as a tool

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Who is Amy Cuddy

Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and perhaps even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions. More information about Amy Cuddy (source: www.ted.com/speakers)

What is TED

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.
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