Internal validity

Question 1

What were the results of the study?

Answer 1

• participants who had structural power in a group task were more likely to take a card in a simulated game of blackjack than those who lacked power
• participants primed with high power were more likely to act against an annoying stimulus (a fan) in the environment, suggesting that the experience of power leads to the performance of goal-directed behaviour
• priming high power led to action in a social dilemma regardless of whether that action had prosocial/ antisocial consequences

Question 2

What is Galinsky et al. study about?

Answer 2

hypothesis that power increases an action orientation in the power holder, even in contexts where power is not directly experienced