8C status and power

Question 1

Status

Answer 1

The importance of an individuals position in a group

Question 2

Power

Answer 2

The extent to which an individual can control the feelings/thoughts/behaviour of others.

Question 3

Types of power

Answer 3

• Reward
• Coercive
• Legitimate
• Referent
• Expert
• Informational

Question 4

Reward power

Answer 4

The power to give rewards/take away punishment.

Question 5

Coercive power

Answer 5

The power to give punishments/take away rewards.

Question 6

Legitimate power

Answer 6

A person’s status and power in a group gives them authority.

Question 7

Referent power

Answer 7

People want to be liked by this person/they are idolised.

Question 8

Expert power

Answer 8

Having special knowledge/skills are needed/desired.

Question 9

Informational power

Answer 9

Having resources/information that aren’t available anywhere else.

Question 10

Group

Answer 10

Made up of people who interact with and influence each other as well as sharing a common purpose.

Question 11

Collective

Answer 11

Made up of two or more people with minimal interaction

Question 12

Zimbardo’s - IV

Answer 12

Random assignment of roles as either prisoner or prison guard.

Question 13

Zimbardo’s - DV

Answer 13

Individual and group behaviour in response.

Question 14

Zimbardo’s - participants

Answer 14

24 male american stanford university students which came from a population of who responded to a newspaper advertisement.

Question 15

Zimbardo’s - method

Answer 15

1. Participants were assigned the role of either prisoner or prison guard.
2. Prison guards had a training day with Zimbardo (experimenter) and were given uniforms
3. Prisoners were arrested by real police and were given unfiorms and numbers.
4. All participants were placed in mock prison.

Question 16

Zimbardo’s - results

Answer 16

Guards became aggressive and more authoritative, and prisoners became more passive and traumatised.

Question 17

Zimbardo’s - criticisms

Answer 17

The experiment was unpredictable, negative impacts on participants, violation of many ethical conditions.

Question 18

Zimbardo’s - ethical issues

Answer 18

• Breach of no harm principle (were affected by experiment).
• Withdrawal rights (were convinced to stay when they wanted to leave)
• Informed consent (did not agree to be arrested in front of frends and family)
• Debriefing (proper debreifing did not take place as participants were still largely affected).