10 Questions
True or false:Changing your posture for just two minutes has no significant impact on your life.
False
True or false: Nonverbal expressions of power and dominance involve closing up and making oneself small.
False
True or false: Men are more likely to exhibit powerlessness body language than women.
False
True or false: MBA students who exhibit power body language tend to participate less and perform worse.
False
True or false: Faking power body language can lead to feeling more powerless and insecure.
False
True or false: Powerful people have high cortisol and low testosterone levels.
False
True or false: Low-power poses have the same effect on hormones as high-power poses.
False
True or false: Power posing can be useful in non-evaluative situations, such as a casual conversation with a friend.
True
True or false: The content of a speech is more important than presence and confidence in driving the effect of power posing.
False
True or false: "Fake it till you make it" is a strategy that only works for people who already have power and status.
False
Study Notes
- Changing your posture for just two minutes can significantly impact your life.
- Body language is a form of communication that can influence judgments and outcomes.
- Nonverbal expressions of power and dominance involve expanding and opening up.
- Nonverbal expressions of powerlessness involve closing up and making oneself small.
- Women are more likely to exhibit powerlessness body language than men.
- MBA students who exhibit power body language tend to participate more and perform better.
- Faking power body language can lead to feeling more powerful and confident.
- The minds of powerful people tend to be more assertive, confident, and optimistic.
- Powerful people have high testosterone and low cortisol levels.
- Effective leaders have high testosterone and low cortisol levels.
- Adopting high-power poses for just two minutes can increase testosterone and decrease cortisol levels.
- Low-power poses have the opposite effect on hormones.
- High-power posers are more likely to take risks than low-power posers.
- Power posing can be useful in evaluative situations, such as job interviews.
- People who adopt high-power poses are evaluated more positively than those who adopt low-power poses.
- Presence and confidence are what drive the effect of power posing, not the content of the speech.
- Power posing can change our minds and behavior, leading to better outcomes.
- "Fake it till you make it" can be a useful strategy for overcoming feelings of impostor syndrome.
- The speaker, Amy Cuddy, experienced a traumatic brain injury that caused her IQ to drop, leading her to feel powerless and like an impostor.
- Cuddy's advisor encouraged her to "fake it" until she felt like she belonged, which ultimately led to her success.
- "Fake it till you become it" instead of "fake it till you make it"
- Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes
- Power posing can increase testosterone and decrease cortisol
- Power posing can help in stressful evaluative situations
- Share the science of power posing with others
- People with no resources, technology, status or power can benefit from power posing
- Encourages people to configure their brain to cope in stressful situations
- Shares a story of a woman who faked confidence until she became confident
- Emphasizes the importance of feeling like you showed who you are in stressful situations
- Encourages people to give power posing a try for two minutes before a stressful situation.
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