Chapter 2: Power, Legitimacy, and Authority

Question 1

Power

Answer 1

The ability to get other individuals to do what one wants them to do.

Question 2

Influence

Answer 2

A form of power based on the ability to persuade others to pursue a desired objective.

Question 3

Coercion

Answer 3

A form of power based on forced compliance through fear and intimidation.

Question 4

Violence

Answer 4

The use of physical force or power as a means of achieving ends.

Question 5

Authority

Answer 5

A form of power based on agreement regarding the right to issue commands and make decisions.

Question 6

Charismatic authority

Answer 6

Authority based on admiration of the personal qualities of an individual.

Question 7

Legal authority

Answer 7

A system of authority based on general rules rather than inheritance or personal qualities.

Question 8

Legitimacy

Answer 8

Belief in the “rightness” of rule.

Question 9

Modernization

Answer 9

In economics, refers to the adoption of markets and sophisticated technology in place of barter and subsistence production. In politics, the replacement of traditional authority with legal authority.

Question 10

Natural authority

Answer 10

Authority based on spontaneous deference to an individual’s knowledge or social position.

Question 11

Public authority

Answer 11

Authority based on institutional office-holding.

Question 12

Traditional authority

Answer 12

Authority based on birthright and custom.