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Empower Your Life with Power Posing

Amy Cuddy's TED Talk discusses the concept of "power posing", where adopting expansive, open body postures can impact hormones and behavior. [1] Research found that holding high-power poses for two minutes, compared to low-power poses, increased testosterone and decreased cortisol, hormones associated with feelings of power and stress. [2] In an experiment, those who power posed before a job interview performed better and were more likely to be hired. [3] Cuddy argues that power posing can help people feel more powerful and in control in challenging situations.

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Empower Your Life with Power Posing

Amy Cuddy's TED Talk discusses the concept of "power posing", where adopting expansive, open body postures can impact hormones and behavior. [1] Research found that holding high-power poses for two minutes, compared to low-power poses, increased testosterone and decreased cortisol, hormones associated with feelings of power and stress. [2] In an experiment, those who power posed before a job interview performed better and were more likely to be hired. [3] Cuddy argues that power posing can help people feel more powerful and in control in challenging situations.

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Power posing

TedTalks: Your body language may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy

I. a) Where would you place yourself on a scale? Why?

powerless powerful

submissive dominant

b) What kind of gestures//body postures do you associate with power and dominance? What are
the characteristics of a powerful person?

c) Watch a part of Amy Cuddy’s speech and answer the questions below. (3:38-7:57)
[Link]

What kind of gestures//body postures do you associate with power and dominance?
feeling powerful/dominant feeling powerless/submissive

c) What are the characteristics of a powerful person?

Do you possess any of the characteristics of a powerful person?

​[Link]
II. a) Watch the next part of the speech and complete the gaps. (7:58-12:36)

1. High levels of testosterone are associated with…..………….while …………. levels of


cortisol are associated being stress-reactive.
2. ………..% of people in the high-power pose conditions are likely to gamble comparing to
……...% of people in the low-power pose conditions.
3. The differences in the level of hormones are as follows:

High-power pose conditions Low-power pose conditions

Testosterone levels …....% decrease/increase …....% decrease/increase

Cortisol levels …....% decrease/increase …....% decrease/increase

b) Discuss the questions:

1. Do you believe that our bodies can change our minds? Why/why not?
2. Do you think that power posing can change our lives in a meaningful, permanent way?
3. In what situations do you think you can use power posing?

III. Watch the next part of the speech. ([Link]). Take notes and then answer the questions.

1. Describe the experiment mentioned by the speaker.


2. Can you think of any situations in your life where you may apply power posing?
3. Did Amy Cuddy convince you of the effectiveness of power posing? Why/why not?
4. Look at your answers in the exercise 1a . Do you think you can be more powerful? Would you like
to?

*FOLLOW-UP 1
Watch the whole speech. Write a short paragraph about your feelings on this subject. Do you think
that the ideas mentioned in the speech are going to change your life in any way?
[Link]

​[Link]

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