Amy Cuddy's editorial "Your iPhone is ruining your posture- and your mood" make the most credible arguments because she uses the method of Ethos. In Cuddy's editorial and Ted Talk, she uses a lot of real-life situations and examples that people can see when they go out in the world. For example, in cuddy’s Ted Talk, Cuddy states that " What we tend to do when it, comes to power is that we complement the other's nonverbal. So if someone is being really powerful with us, we tend to, make ourselves smaller. We don't mirror them. We do the opposite of them." She explains that when you go out and see really shy people we tend to see them like they want to hide from the world and they try not to make any contact with anyone but when we see a really
“Unteaching the Five Paragraph Essay” by Marie Foley demonstrates how a five paragraph essay formula disturbs the thought process of the students and limits what they can write. A five paragraph essay is an introduction with the main idea, with three supporting topics showing the relationship to the main idea, and a conclusion summarizing the entire essay. Foley argues that this formula forces students to fill in the blank and meet a certain a word limit. She noted that this formula was intended for teachers in the education system to teach an overcrowded class how to write. While it is beneficial for the first-time students learning how to write. In the long run, this standard destroys any free style writing, new connections between a topic,
Lauren Alleyne uses the rigid form of the sonnet to navigate through the healing process after being sexually assaulted. Ten years after that night, she writes the sonnet sequence Eighteen, which deviates from the typical sonnet form in the aspects of the speaker, subject, and format. Playing off of the standard sonnet form, Alleyne is able to recount the emotions of that night during the first sonnet in the sequence. The typical sonnet tends to objectify the female body or one’s lover; in this sequence, the sonnets address what happens when an individual acts on these objectifications and assaults Alleyne. Alleyne deviates from the standard subject and speaker of the typical sonnet form to begin the healing process; the process begins
Nevertheless, Goldberger states, “It is the fact that even when the phone does not ring at all, and is being used quietly and discreetly, it renders a public place less public” (558). With this, the youth of American society, when placed in a party with strangers, may express sentiments of shyness or awkwardness. Likewise, instead of socializing, several individuals may use their phone as a way to escape. It is this escape route that makes these “socially awkward” events or places less public; the younger generations are in their own world when they use their cell phone instead of socializing or becoming familiar with the scenery. Thus, progress has mainly caused the youth of American society to become less sociable and tend towards awkwardness; multitudes of individuals today have trouble associating with strangers at a party or how to properly communicate with an employer for a job. Although technology may seem beneficial and heading towards an era full of advancements, looks can be deceiving, and several individuals have been fooled by its false
How kinesics and certain non-verbal have changed and stayed the same between different generations? The kinesics of covering up when someone’s uncomfortable or standing up straight when feeling more empowered of confident are ones that have stayed constant throughout generations. Some will forever be universal. The biggest changes are coming from the generation who feels they somehow don’t need to put as much effort into communicating as other do. Millennials, the generation born after 1980 are most often criticized for their needs for praise and “instant success, partly because the continuous stream of media content never shares with viewers the hard work that success actually requires. And they have been applauded and affirmed for every step they have taken" (Espinoza et al., 2010, p. 96). This is the generation that got trophies for showing up” (Holm, 2012). This factor along with the fact that “for the first time in history, four distinct generations interact in the workplace…1) Traditionalists; 2) Baby Boomers;3) Generation Xers; and 4) Millennials”(Krohn, 2004), creates disconnect in how each generation responds to the nonverbal of the others. While researcher, the same word kept reappearing for millennials, multitasking. this is a positive for more work but a negative for a basic nonverbal way to communicate, eye
President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Heroism is not only the man, but the occasion.” Amy Poehler is an actress, writer and comedian commonly recognized for her work on Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation. She is the ambassador for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation and has a YouTube channel where she posts brief videos giving young girls advice. Poehler also considers herself to be a humanitarian and a feminist. Odysseus was a Greek king and the protagonist in Homer’s The Odyssey. Odysseus’ treacherous journey home after ten years of war is documented in said epic. Even though Poehler and Odysseus were born thousands of years apart and live in monumentally different times, each of them contribute to society in a different way. While
2. From viewing Amy Cuddy’s video, “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are”, a.) What two or three things on nonverbal communication surprises you? B.) What could you about your personal appearance to help you come across as more confident in a public speaking situation?
In her eulogy for Coretta Scott King, Maya Angelou uses figurative language and repetition to compel the audience to follow King’s example of peaceful yet strong advocacy of human rights.
Also, it identifies furthermore other aspects around communication that we commonly don’t think of, for example; personal appearance. The way we display ourselves expresses volumes. Therefore, it also shapes our listening, and observation of what others are essentially communicating to us. You could be putting off nonverbal cues that symbolize something other than what you are essentially verbalizing. I will be utilizing this article for my research paper. I especially understood how it first broke everything down for myself, but there was a pure concept of understanding the material. I found this article tremendously
Edgar Allan Poe’s 1849 poem, “Annabel Lee”, explores the common themes of romance and death found in many of Poe’s works. The poem tells the story of a beautiful young maiden named Annabel Lee who resides by the sea. The maiden and the narrator of the poem are deeply in love, however the maiden falls ill and dies, leaving the narrator without his beloved Annabel Lee. Contrary to what many might expect from a poem by Poe and yet still depressing, the poem ends with the narrator accepting Annabel’s death and remains confident that they will forever be together despite her parting.
Nonverbal cues fall into two basic categories, nonverbal messages produced by the body or nonverbal messages produced by the broad setting (Tidwell). This paper will focus towards nonverbal messages produced by one’s body. Eye contact and posture are two of the most significant nonverbal cues that one can use to make or break a situation. Imagine a customer chatting with a sales agent discussing the perks of the item for purchase. If the sales person does not make eye contact with the customer or is constantly glancing away there is reasonable cause to assume that the customer is either going to feel as if the sales agent is shady or that the agent is otherwise preoccupied. This will lead the potential customer to feel non-important to the agent and the customer ma...
In her Ted Talk, Amy Cuddy talks about how body language is not only how other people see you but how you see yourself. She says there are two ways the natural world categorize itself with non-verbal expression: dominance or submission. A dominate presence wants to occupy space, to spread out wide. A submissive presence wants to make themselves as small as possible, and not bring notice to themselves. The dominate or submissive posture, real or forced, affects the mind not just the body. Cuddy mentions that in a study she did, she mentions that subjects were acts to pose in power poses. In two minutes in high or low power poses led to hormonal change that configured the brain to be dominate or submissive. With how well Cuddy’s argument is put
Online TED Talk videos have enlightened a myriad of people through using a variety of topics to educate viewers across the globe. The key to an effective TED Talk video is not only possessing the ability to inform and entertain an audience of enlightened individuals, but to also formulate a cohesive argument that will leave a lasting impression on the audience. Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist with degrees from Princeton and research based at Harvard, was able to accomplish this task in her 2012 TED Talk. Cuddy’s subject matter revolved around her discussion of body language and the strength of power posing. Cuddy’s purpose in her TED Talk is to persuade the audience that non-verbal body language is important and holding confident poses is good for one’s health and works as a confidence builder. Throughout her speech, Cuddy uses logos in the form of statistical data, pathos in the form of an anecdote from her younger years, and establishes a strong ethos to successfully convince her audience about the dire importance of body communication and body posing.
Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience was a $2.4 million project inspired by the saguaro cactus and nature. This unique piece of art is made with colorful netting held up by 3 leaning poles suspended in Phoenix's sky. Echelman used netting as the material for her work because it created a gentle almost weightless piece of art that is ever changing.This piece of art moves with the wind which gives it a different form depending on the weather. This piece of art embodies the idea that we form art and it forms us in the way it affects our life and what it teaches us (Frank 2).
Social psychologist Amy Cuddy offers a “free no-tech life hack” and the only thing required is to change our posture for two minutes. Amy ask us if we have ever seen the way we sit down, and if many of us are making ourselves smaller, for example; hunching, crossing legs, or wrapping our ankles. And even that we do not notice our own posture, other people will. That is because everyone is fascinating with body language.
Hellen Lee Lin’s article, “How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationship” (2012), proposes that the presence of a cell phone has an affect on our interpersonal connections. Lin backs her claim by utilizing qualitative data with a focus on a relatable concept- relationships. The authors purpose is to inform a broad audience on the effect of a cell phone’s presence and absence using research that is applicable to anyone who owns or is around a cell phone. Lin uses simplistic language and empathetic scenarios to present her findings in an understandable fashion; She is speaking to a broad audience.