Lecture 13 - is power motive adaptive - October 17

Question 1

correlates of nPow: Positive (or Neutral):

Answer 1

Membership in voluntary organizations;
Efforts to make community contributions;
Effective leadership;
Acquisition of prestige symbols;

Question 2

correlates of nPow negative:

Answer 2

Aggression;
Exploitative interpersonal relations;
Profligate sexuality;
Profligate drinking;
Divorce

Question 3

what are the Moderators of Power Motivation

Answer 3

gender
social class
activity inhibition

Question 4

explain the moderator of nPow gender

Answer 4

responsibility training– evidence that there is differ training based on gender and this has an impact

Question 5

explain the moderator of nPow social class

Answer 5

SES influence neurology– low SES = high activation of fight/flight and this limits brain adaptability (self-control)

Question 6

explain the moderator of nPow activity inhibition

Answer 6

how often the word ‘not’ or indication of the negative– this may reflect rural implicit tendency to inhibit our actions.. maybe something to do with self control

Question 7

Which Big 5 trait do the last three moderators relate to?

Answer 7

conscientiousness; high power motive + low conscientiousness = dangerous

Question 8

Predicting Managerial Success: The Leadership Motive Profile

Answer 8

high n Pow
low n Aff
high Activity Inhibition

Question 9

Brief Scoring Definitions of Power Imagery

Answer 9

Strong vigorous actions that have impact on others: force, attempts to convince or persuade, unsolicited help, attempts to monitor or control.

Actions that directly arouse a strong positive or negative emotional state in others.

Concern for reputation or prestige.

Question 10

Motive Scoring of Obama Speeches

Answer 10

nAch is highest

Question 11

Traits versus Motives (from McAdams)

Answer 11

“Needs interact with dispositional traits. In general, the way in which a person achieves a goal may be partly determined by traits, such as extroversion-introversion. But the nature of the goal itself is more likely to be determined by needs. Traits and needs therefore fulfill different functions in personality: needs establish goals, traits describe the behavioral means by which goals are met. In a sense, needs tell us why a person does what he does; traits tell us how.

Question 12

describe The channeling hypothesis:

Answer 12

Motives involve wishes desires or goals (often implicit or nonconscious), whereas traits channel or direct the ways in which motives are expressed in particular actions throughout the life course

Question 13

explain the hypothesis and results of interactions of the power motive and extraversion introversion

Answer 13

high power motive in women leads to extroverts having power show up in their career

introverts not having power in their career at all

Question 14

Conclusion:

Answer 14

Traits and motives interact in the prediction of behavior: Traits channel the behavioral expression of motives during the life course. Extraversion facilitates unconflicted expression whereas introversion deflects social motives away from their characteristic goals and creates difficulties in goal achievement