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Powerful Poses, Powerless Poses – from Presence (2015) by Amy Cuddy
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdate A Nov. 3, 2016 Language and Cognition article is entitled: “Power in time: The influence of power posing on metaphoric perspectives on time.” [End] Previous posts regarding Amy Cuddy’s research include: Presence (2015) by Amy Cuddy – Powerful Poses, Powerless Poses Perceptions of warmth and competence drive our stereotypes: Cuddy et al.(2008)
Diversity is for white people: The big lie behind a well-intended word – Oct. 26, 2015 Salon article
/2 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Oct. 26, 2015 Salon article is entitled: “Diversity is for white people: The big lie behind a well-intended word: ‘Diversity’ sounds polite and hopeful. It’s how we talk when we can’t talk about race, or when whites get nervous.” The opening paragraphs read: Our country is convulsing over the issues of diversity and race. Police […]
Presence (2015) by Amy Cuddy – Powerful Poses, Powerless Poses
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillForty years ago in Toronto – in the mid-1970s – I spent a year and a fair amount of money in the intensive study of a variation of the Alexander Technique. I really needed the training. I was born slouching. I had the appearance of a person that life had beaten down. Like many other things […]
While social conformity has many prosocial functions, it can get in the way of self-awareness
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI had the good fortune to get to know students in the Grade 4 age range when I worked as a teacher with the Peel District School Board prior to my retirement in 2006. My retirement was marked with a school assembly at which I gave an eight-minute presentation. A group of students entertained the […]