That Body Language Workshop

did you go for that body language workshop?ohhh dude it was awesome mannn..

hence the title,here are the pictures from the workshop that happened on the 23rd of October at the Psych Lab

Ee Lin briefing the presenters..
big boss and his koncos-koncos aka the activities/games team

registration before entering the psych lab..and yess i see how the assignments drop box made itself useful here

People who were there..batch 9

batch 8

a total of 30 over participants turned up..i think it was almost 40..oh well all i know was the psych lab was packed haha

Ee Lin..doing the welcoming and all

Suet Ling and Nisha conducting the Ice breaking session..

everyone was given an expression to potray and the many expressions are actually the different groups for the workshop..there were excited,disgusted,shocked..just to name a few..and you're suppose to introduce yourself and then do the expression so you'll know who and who is in the same group..it's a good way for the participants to know one another..made any new frens?

yess "break the ice"

after many rounds of shaking around..

i guess disgusted found themselves *shrug*

and erm..posing or doing expression?

started off the workshop with Yong Long and Su Woan presenting on the introduction..from the definition to the many poses and facial expression that we do and the meaning behind each pose and facial expression...

being engrossed in it

then a real life example to show the participants how important body language is...that's two volunteers who were playing the interviewer role..while Sii Ying was the lack of confidence job candidate..she avoided eye contact,was hesitant in her answers and was fidgeting a lot..

while Yng Jiun was the second job candidate..who was the total opposite of the first..and no prize for guessing which candidate would directors in the real world actually hire..see how important body language is?

yup they looked like they had fun

the next session was on Non-verbal communication between friends and between teacher and students..covered by Jacqueline

she had helpers Chen See and Yng Jiun acting out poses for the participants to guess

anyone remember what pose is this?HAHA

then it was games time WOOHOO

everyone has to get into their own groups

and each participants has to act out a certain expression or event for their group members to guess..

next up is Non-Verbal Communication in Different Culture presented by Joanne..she showed how different sign language like the famous "peace sign" and others can mean different things in different culture or different country.

then the last session was Non-verbal communication between male and female presented by Cassie. She covered on how different body language can mean different things to both gender and gave some tips on how to spot out potential partners,or recognize body language that says "i am interested in you"

why so serious?o.O or are they being defensive?hmmmm...

we realize we still have time for one more game..

everyone were to get into their respective groups again

but this time..it's the pass the message game..but instead of whispering it,they would act it out..then the last person would have to guess it correctly to get points for their group..oh yess there are points accumulated for every game sadly i can't remember who the winner was

one of the many expressions that were caught on camera

haha =p

and yes that one million dollar expression

who would have taught a place for serious study and lectures could turn into a field for games and play?

then it was time to wrap up the workshop..Ee Lin did a summary and the workshop ended.

the free tea as promised yeshhh blueberry tart! the muffin was awesome too..

and the participants hang around and chatted with one another

half of the committee who brought you this workshop =)

this is just the first of many that would come...so stay with us!

Academin Symposium 2008

i am stealing assignment time Y.Y that is the life of a university student.assignments assignments assignments.most of you know that last Saturday on the October of 11th, the Psychology Department had an Academic Symposium.This is the second Symposium and i felt that this time round, it was more packed?resourceful?useful?relevant?awesome?ok awesome then.

it started off with registrations and the arrival of guests of honor and participants.
small talks before the opening of symposium..this was at Audi 7
* snap snap*
Guests of Honor
Professor Charlie Lewis, our keynote speaker for the symposium
and the students listening attentatively

from the other side..after the talk,we had our first tea break..and poster presentation..then talks again where paprticipants get to choose which paper they would want to listen to..there's like 6 choices of paper in the first round of talks..then we had lunch and poster presentation again..then we had another round of talks with 5 choices of paper..then we had tea break again and poster presentation..and then it was the closing talk. One of the speaker, Maziar,a third year student..presenting his research on handedness
after every presentation..there's a 5-10 minutes of Q&A session
Jessie presenting..ah ha the title is there in the pic!
and Ms Cheung presented too on the impact of parental relationship in predicting depression in youth

then Dr Teoh gave a presentation on a comparison of how headache and non-headache sufferers measure mental health problems
CRZ,2nd year student also had a chance in presenting..his was on the effectiveness on imagery,controlled breathing, and combination of both methods in reducing biofeedback reading..
and Ms Grace, one of the lecturers, presented a research that discussed the influence of self esteem and locus of control on a person's body shape dissatisfaction
participants in Audi 5 paying full attention
and yes this symposium covered many grounds in terms of research paper..ranging from Children,Health,Youth,Social and Human Resource and Cognition and Perception =)

this is how it looks like when it's tea break time
there were two rooms allocated for poster presentation..and i love the blueberry tart!
participants having tea and engaging in conversations

Poster presenters get a chance to showcase the results of their research to other participants

they also gave explanations when clarification of the research is needed
i think it's a good opportunity for participants and presenters to exchange ideas
haha even giving the juniors an idea on how interesting the road ahead of them would be *smirks*
*puts on reporter voice* seen here,is a student explaining her research to a lecturer
group pic..batch 8 and 9

below are some of the poster pics taken

poster pic 1
poster pic 2
poster pic 3
and yess group pic again..standing round the curry puffs
i didn't know how to end this post cause there's no group pic of everyone who were present there..and so i end with a pic of what i had for lunch..cause apparently i heard lunch was good =)

and i certainly did had fun..who would have thought that academic stuff could be fun?donotthinkofassignments and i am looking forward to next year's Symposium!are you?hehe do drop some feedbacks if you have some to share.