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Hello everybody!The 8th week of Social Psychology past! And the Module 8 was about aggressions. We also talked about the motivation of help, about how a person’s tendency to help behavior is formed, about the psychological mechanisms of help and about the factors that provoke it. And, as usual, I did the test, and here is my result: What do you think about this Module? What information was most interesting for you?

And the last task for this week is to present useful tips that help me to overcome Stage Fright.  Exaggerate your symptoms.  The body will not automatically produce a sympthom that you are doing consciously. Start breathing rapidly on purpose, for example. You can then stop on purpose, but your body won't start up the automatic system again. This doesn't work for everything, of course. Most people can't sweat on purpose, or increase their pulse rates. But you can shake your legs, blink rapidly, scrowl, or do whatever other little quirky things your body seems to want to do by itself. Recognize the stress as excitement.  The physiological symptoms associated with public speaking are virtually the same as those you'd experience if you rode a roller coaster, went on your first rafting trip, or got married. The real difference is that you have learned to associate "fright" with being on stage and "fun" with being on a roller coaster. The...

The next task is based on PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO STRESS OR FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. And I should to learn the material in our book and choose the physiological reaction that is most characteristic for me. It was difficult to choose one of the reactions...because most of them are characteristics for me. So, I decided that this reaction more suits me. If you'll rewatch video with my perfomances that I presented later, you may see that I always rub my hands. Why? Because the blood pressure is elevated. The body begin sweating in order not to overheat. The sweat will appear in all the normal places, as well as on the palms of your cold hands, leaving them with that more clammy feeling. I often feel myself head over heels wet and it is awful and nasty.

Hello everybody! How are you going? What do you do on a quarantine time? Share with me, I really need it, believe me :) So, today I have some tasks of Public Speaking. And the first is to create 10 challanges to change my strong musts and to overcome my fears. I should to put the list in order, starting with the easiest behaviours through to the hardest.  We have 12 examples in our book. So here are some examples of how to change your strong musts:  1. Initiate a one-on-one conversation with your teacher/superior about something inconsequential.  2. Speak up in a small meeting at work/ University (2 or 3 people).  3. Ring a wrong number on purpose and say "I'm sorry, I seem to have dialled the wrong number" 4. Ask for change in a shop.  5. Initiate a one-on-one conversation with your teacher/superior asking for feedback on your performance. 6. Ask for change in a shop which has a sign “No change given."  7. Initiate a one-on-on...

Hello everyone! May I start with the bad news? Quarantine extended in our city until April 30. :( I stay at home and breathe fresh air only on my balcony. And the good news is I was so tired of it that I went for a walk yesterday with my friend and we enjoyed the coffee from my favorite coffee shop. It was unforgettable! So, we start to presented our speech of Public Speech and ... yesss, we should to presented it with a help of ZOOM. Zoom  is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. And the task is to evaluate my groupmate's speech. The first perfomance was about Stage Fright and the speaker was Polina  Andriyanova ! Evaluating Chart 1. Introduction: ( 10 points) ·          What technique(s) was used in the introduction? I think the introduction was missing, but Polina tried to make a startling statement,...

Hello, my readers! It is the 7 Module of social psychology and the theme is How do we resolve the contradictions? The lectures are about conflicts, about its structure and features. I find this module informative and productive. I think that these lectures will help people to resolve conflicts. And as always, here is my result of test:    What do you think about this Module?

Hello, my readers! The 6th week of Social Psychology passed. Do you like it? I'm! The theme of Module 6 was "How do we transmit information?" I found this Module interesting and informative and I got a lot of new information for thought and continued to learn the information from different sources. Here is my result of the test: What new have you learned from this Module?