Power posing vocab

Nonverbals

• To make small adjustments or improvements

• Communication through gestures, expressions, and body language

• To extend or distribute over a larger area

Intervention

• The act of getting involved to alter a situation or prevent something

• Uncomfortable or clumsy in social situations

• To make small adjustments or improvements

Squirm

• To extend or distribute over a larger area

• To twist uncomfortably, e.g. when you are sitting on a chair

• To bend forward or draw oneself into a protective posture

Spread out

• Communication through gestures, expressions, and body language

• To bend forward or draw oneself into a protective posture

• To extend or distribute over a larger area

Hunch

• The act of getting involved to alter a situation or prevent something

• To make small adjustments or improvements

• To bend forward or draw oneself into a protective posture

She _____ the recipe by adding a pinch of salt.

• tweaked

• claimed

• asserted

Pay attention to people’s _______ —they reveal a lot about their true feelings.

• power

• nonverbals

• awkwardness

Fill in: Have you ever had to ______ your authority/dominance in a group project or team?

Fill in: How do you handle an _____ situation in a business meeting, e.g. when you ask a question and no one answers?

As he walked through the dark alley, he had a ____ that something wasn’t right.