Question

pls help me to PARAPHRASE this :)
Decoding Body Language

According to Ernest R. Hilgard, “Body language or Kinesics is a term developed by behaviorists to refer to the way various human gestures reflect feelings and attitudes. The simplest manifestation of this is how we shake our heads from side to side to signify that we disagree; or its opposite, nodding to show that we agree with what is being said. Rubbing the back of one's ear connotes lying; while rubbing one's nose usually indicates confusion. But what if the person making the gesture actually feels the exact opposite inside? This

Answer 1

Kyra,

You need to think about this in terms of how you are using the quote. It is one thing to boil this down to one or two sentences: i.e. "Body language denotes how feelings and attitudes are expressed through our gestures and movements". But that is not enough. I am thinking you are using the quote within an essay or narrative. What is the topic of your essay? How does this information either support or refute the position you have taken in your paper? You need to have a frame of reference for using the paraphrase/quote or it will not be effective. There is no purpose for quoting it. Hope this helps.

Cielyn

Answer 2

this is the article ..

Answer 3

According to Ernest R. Hilgard, “Body language or Kinesics is a term developed by behaviorists to refer to the way various human gestures reflect feelings and attitudes. The simplest manifestation of this is how we shake our heads from side to side to signify that we disagree; or its opposite, nodding to show that we agree with what is being said. Rubbing the back of one's ear connotes lying; while rubbing one's nose usually indicates confusion. But what if the person making the gesture actually feels the exact opposite inside? This is where a lot of psychological analysis needs to come in. The truth is, we don't always gesticulate to mirror how we really feel. A classical example is a woman on a psychiatrist's couch who kept telling the doctor that she was still in love with her abusive boyfriend; yet unconsciously, she was shaking her head from side to side as she spoke. In fact, if we are to be honest with ourselves, we are probably as guilty as the woman on the couch from time to time.”

Answer 4

The thing about paraphrasing is that it really cannot be done by someone else. Paraphrasing is putting someone else's words in your own words. Therefore if you haves someone paraphrase for you, that passage will stick out like a sore thumb; it won't be in your own voice.

However, it is not hard to paraphrase. Start by reading the material more than once. Is there anything in it you don't understand; any words that you do not know the definition for? If so look up definitions and do a little more research so that you FULLY understand the material you are paraphrasing. This might be the most difficult part, especially if the material is highly technical or is beyond your current understanding. I have faced this issue numerous times and have spent as much as two days (very extreme case) doing additional research to paraphrase one paragraph from a psychology journal.

Once you have a firm grasp of what the material means and says, try this. Look away from the material and pretend that your best friend just asked you "what did you just read?" Tell them. Out loud. Verbally. Don't write it down just yet. Did what you just say make sense? Did it cover the ideas in the material in a concise understandable manner? If so, write it down, otherwise revisit the material and try again.

Now this part is important. Once you write your paraphrase down, compare it side by side with the the original material. Look for similarities in language. It is very common to subconsciously use the exact same language as the material and if you don't catch it, you will get nailed for plagiarism. So it's very important that you DO NOT skip this step. Most of your paraphrase should be in your own words, but identify and rework the parts that are the same as the original. This is much easier since you are dealing with much smaller parts.

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

but i find it hard, because i'll use this for our thesis ..

Answer 6

For you to make this your thesis, you need to first convert the information in to one concise thesis statement. I often find it a bit easier to develop my thesis statement after I have firmly determined what my main points are going to be and then after I have written a decent thesis statement I can tweak it if I need to.

Developing a good thesis statement can be tricky, but one way is to ask yourself a few questions:

What is the strongest point in support of your argument?
What is the second strongest point supporting your argument?
What is one point that is against your argument?

From these questions you can usually come up with a variety of thesis statements. If you would like me to help you and give you some examples of thesis statements that you can use post your answers to those questions here. This may also move you in a direction of being able to paraphrase that material easier because often seeing your thesis statement leads you to an understanding of what you want to talk about and you can extract from the material only what you need to support your angle.