Date post: | 17-Aug-2015 |
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THE POWER OF BODY LANGUAGE
Amy Cuddy(Motivational Speaker, Social
Psychologist, Associate Professor Harvard Business School)
Non-verbal communications include facial expressions, the tone and pitch of the voice, gestures displayed through body language (kinesics) and
the physical distance between the communicators (proxemics). These non-verbal signals can give clues and additional information and meaning over and above spoken (verbal) communication.
POWEFUL BODY IS MORE FREE AND TAKES MORE SPACE
THE NOT SO POWERFUL BODY DOES THE OPPOSITE (the body is closed and restricted)
In a social experiment, the corporate roles of few individuals were changed. It is found that the levels of two hormones-Testosterone (responsible for dominance) and Cortisol (responsible for ability to handle stress), changes.
EXPERIMENT
REFERENCES
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Cuddy