PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Video Power, Wour, Blind Experiment
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If you want to be happy practice compassion. If you want others to be happy practice compassion. Not primed w pictures: power questionnaire, opportunity to gamble, saliva sample, hp: 86% gamble, 20% increase in testosterone, 25% decrease in cortisol, lp: 60% gamble, 10% decrease in t, 15% increase in c. Think about someone you know, or have known, that you felt. Important in social threat situations (evaluative situations) great tenderness towards. Now think about something that you do that"s fairly concrete that you know is not smart, is harmful to yourself: ex. msgs you send yourself, body image issues, procrastination, bad physical habits. Amy cuddy: your body language shapes who you are (youtube) We want to change your posture for 2min. Do an audit of your body: making yourself smaller; ex. hunching; vs spreading out. We are particularly interested in other ppl"s body language: non-verbal language communication interaction, ex. hand shake or lack of.
