7.3 Status and power Flashcards
What is status?
The importance of an individual’s position in the group, as perceived by members of the group
What does bullying involve?
The misuse of social power that is ongoing and reapeated. It can cause harm to another person or group who feel helpless to respond
What is power?
An individual’s (or group’s) ability to control or influence the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another person (or group)
What is social power?
Use of power in a social interaction to control or influence another person (or group)
What is reward power?
Power through control over rewards
What is coercive power?
Power through control over punishments or other force
What is legitimate power?
Power through a right to require and demand obedience
What is referent power?
Power through respect
What is expert power?
Power through superior abilities
What is informational power?
Power through access to and use of informational resources
What is a role?
The behaviour adopted by an individual or assigned to them that influences the way in which they function or act in different situations and life in general
What was the aim of the Stanford Prison Experiment?
To measure the effect of role-playing, labelling and social expectations on behaviour over a period of two weeks
How was de-individualisation used on prisoners and guards?
Prisoners: Names were never used, only numbers, gowns to feminise them, caps to imitate baldness
Guards: Worn shades to conceal their identities and emotion
What did the Stanford prison experiment conclude?
-Power of the situation can influence people’s behaviour
-Everyone conformed to their social role within the prison
-The more guards that were comfortable with their roal, the more brutal and aggressive their behaviour were
What were ethical issues with the SPE?
-People suffered and others were allowed to inflict pain and humiliation for a long period of time
-Participants were exposed to seeig and hearing suffering
