The Science of Awkwardness

How can some these basic verbs collocate with what's below them?

Make
Show
Get
Put
Feel

uncomfortable
in context
along well with
awkward
remorse
embarrassment
discomfort
uncomfortable
what others feel
us think about

Watch:

The Science of Awkwardness

Part 0:00-1:12

Note down the 10 awkward situations mentioned in the intro:

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Notice how Michael always uses a gerund (-ing form).

Part 2 1:12-3:09

Vocab

1. Explain the triangle of possible behaviours. How much freedom do we have in each part of the triangle?

2. Why does the Michael first rip the cardboard, then use scissors and finally use sandpaper? What point is he making?


Part 3 3:09-5:15

Vocab

Susceptible (adj.) - able to be influenced by sth

to be oblivious to = to be unaware of

counter-intuitive = against common sense

morbid curiosity = interest in the things that are unpleasant


1. What's the connection between self-consciousness and cooperation?

True or false

2. Concern for social rules shouldn't be moderated.

3. People who show embarrassment when appropriate have not been proven to be more prosocial.

4. Vicarious embarrassment occurs when the person who should be embarrassed is not.

5. The more EEE you are, the more easily you can endure other people embarrassing themselves.

6. Being more EEE doesn't mean you are more likely to be embarrassed yourself.


Part 4 5:15-7:00

vocab:

salient = more memorable

Gap fill

Your brain would ______ that awkwardness and physical pain are different.

Our brains _________ the breaking of social standards and the breaking of bones through the same neural ________.

digestion _________ causing nausea and _________ in your stomach.

your body instinctively __________ into a protective fetal position and fighting that reaction to act natural makes you ______.

These symptoms don't alleviate awkwardness - they _______ it.


Part 5: 7:00 - end

Why is history responsible for the physical symptoms of social awkwardness?

What does the hormone oxytocin regulate?

What is negativity bias?

What is the "wet blanket" for the "fire" of social anxiety?

What was Eleanor Roosevelt's advice?

What do you worry about in your 20s and 30s? What happens in your 40s and 50s? What do you realise in your later life?

How does the situation of ordering food demonstrate protagonist disease?

What does "sonder" mean?

Kahoot (verbs)