Chapter 12 - Power and Violence Flashcards
Principle of lesser interest
the person who has less interest in continuing and maintaining the relationship has more power in that partnership
How does CLalt affect power in a relationship
Higher CLalt, more power
Fate control
One can autocratically determine what outcomes a partner receives, thereby controlling the other’s fate.
Behavior control
One can autocratically determine what outcomes a partner receives, thereby controlling the other’s fate.
Types of power (6)
Reward power
Coercive power
Legitimate power
Referent power
Expert power
Informational power
Reward power
You can give them something they like or take away something they don’t like.
Coercive power
You can do something to them they don’t like or take away something they do like.
Legitimate power
They recognize your authority to tell them what to do.
Referent power
They identify with you, feeling attracted and wanting to remain close.
Expert power
You have the broad understanding they desire.
Informational power
You possess some specific knowledge they desire.
4 dimensions of equality in a relationship
-Relative status
-Attention to the other
-Patterns of accommodation
-Well-being
What makes someone seem more powerful in conversation
How often they successfully interrupt the other person
Violence
behave in a manner that is intended to do physical harm to others
Types of couple violence (3)
-Situational couple violence
-Intimate terrorism
-Violent resistance
Situational couple violence (SCV)
both partners are angry and is tied to specific arguments, so it is only occasional and is usually mild
Intimate terrorism (IT)
Use of violence to oppress the other partner. general pattern of threats, isolation, and economic subordination. Often includes physical force and coercion.
Violent resistance
partner forcibly fights back against intimate terrorism.
Mate-guarding
work to regulate and control our partners’ access to potential rivals
Strategies of mate-guarding (3)
-Monopolizing partner’s time
-Surveillance and vigilance
-Violence
I3 model of influences on SCV (3) (Finkel, 2014)
-Instigating triggers
-Impelling influences
-Inhibiting influences
Instigating triggers
cause one/both partners to be frustrated/on edge
Impelling influences
make it more likely that the partners will experience violent impulses
Inhibiting influences
encourage the partners to refrain from acting on those impulses
Why does the I3 model say we have refrained from violence
the impelling influences stimulating us to lash out were too weak or because the inhibiting forces dissuading us from physical action were too strong
Types of impelling influences or inhibiting influences (4)
-Distal
-Dispositional
-Relational
-Situational
Distal impelling influence example
Violent family of origin
Dispositional impelling influence example
Negative emotionality
Relational impelling influence example
Mismatched attachment styles
Situational impelling influence example
Heat and noise
Distal inhibiting influence
Egalitarian cultural norms
Dispositional inhibiting influence example
Conscientiousness
Relational inhibiting influence example
Satisfaction and commitment
Situational inhibiting influence example
Sobriety
Men who are intimate terrorists are likely to (3)
-Have witnessed violence growing up/been abused
-Grew up in misogynistic homes
-Think of women as adversaries to be used for pleasure
Stalking
repeated, malicious following and harassing of an unwilling target
