H5 Ted Talk Interactive Listening

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• Middelbare school
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Ted Talk Listening

Body Language

Before we watch the video, answer a couple of questions.

1. Match the words to their definitions

Life hack

Audit

Pitch

Lack

Saliva

Posture

Contemptuous

Assertive

Impostor

heckled

body position

insulting

thorough investigation

shortage

making fun of

useful fact

confident

short presentation

fake person

fluid coming from glands in your mouth

What percentage of communication comes from nonverbal cues?

1. 24%
2. 44%
3. 64%
4. 84%

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

1. True
2. False

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What does Amy Cuddy ask her audience to do as a preparation for a free no-tech life hack?

1. to be aware of other people
2. to be conscious of their bodies
3. to create a safe space for themselves
4. to think of their body as an instrument

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

1. will be good at his work
2. will be taken to court
3. will have a large patient base.
4. will have many discussions with patients.

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

1. that nonverbals are usually spontaneous?
2. that nonverbals can be influenced by our prejudices
3. that our nonverbals can have a major impact on our surroundings.
4. that we are affected by our own nonverbals as well.

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

1. Everybody uses it whether they have seen it before or not.
2. It does not seem to be used by the visually impaired.
3. It has become very popular at sports competitions.
4. It is used both by humans and animals

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

1. gender & classroom involvement
2. empathy & intelligence
3. gender & social skills
4. social background & classroom involvement

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

1. be arrogant
2. be able to get what they want
3. feel more negative
4. be more positive about the future.