ch 12: power and violence

Question 0

what is social power?

Answer 0

the ability to INFLUENCE others and RESIST other’s influence on us

Question 1

What is domestic terrorism?: (ICE-BIKE)

Answer 1

-intimidation: causing fear-looks, acts, gestures
-coercion and physical threats: coerce crime, threaten to leave, making and carrying out threats
-ECONOMIC abuse: control money, prevent her from working
-Using KIDS: relay messages through kids, threatens to take kids away,
-EMOTIONAL abuse: mind games, put downs, trickery, humniliation, guilting
-using ISOLATION: controlling her access to friends, what she reads, where she goes
-BLAMING, minimizing, denying: making light of abuse, dismissing concerns, denying abuse, victim blaming
=male privilege

Question 2

Interdependence theory focuses on two broad types of power: (brave behaviour)

Answer 2

1. fate control: one partner has control over the other
   and
2. behaviour control: one partner changes their behaviour as way of influencing the others’.

Question 3

principle of lesser interest….

Answer 3

the partner with the less interest in the relationship has the most power

Question 4

6 resources of power:

CLERIR

Answer 4

C oersive power = punish someone else
L egitimate power = a reasonable right to power
E xpert power = knowledge and expertise
R eferent power = given to someone with their love and affection
I nformational power = having specific information
R eward power = bestow rewards on another

Question 5

process of power makes people…

Answer 5

interupt, unaware of others feelings, use influence tactics

Question 6

3 types of couple violence:

Answer 6

1. situational couple violence
2. intimate terrorism
3. violent resistance