Power Flashcards
Power
asymmetric control over valued resources in social relationships
How do people perceive powerful people?
competent, having positive traits, dispositional motivated, more heterogeneous
fundamental attritubtion error of power
The behaviour of powerful people is attritubed to their personality. The behaviour of powerless people is attributed to the situation.
How do powerful people perceive?
discriminate more, greater in group bias, perceive less variability/more stereotypes
Social dominance orientation
Thinking that you are in are high position because you deserve it and powerless people lack effort
Power approach theory
Feeling powerful triggers the behavioural approach system, you are more likely to act. Being powerless triggers your inhibitions and it might trigger fear or anxiety because you are not in control.
Dyadic variables as determinants of power
If you are more interested in maintaining a relationship you have less power because you are more committed and have more to lose
What happens when the approach system is activated?
more attention to rewards, more positive emotions, more automatic cognitions, more disinhibited behaviour
what happens when the inhibitory system is activated?
attention to losses, more negative emotions, systematic/controlled cognitions, inhibited behaviour
What are moderators of the effects of power on behaviour?
Stability of power relations, threats, accountability, individual differences (extravert and dominance), cultural differences and power distance
Why are people that have more power more likely to act?
there are no social interferences and constraints, power activates behavioural approach system and power leads to lower levels of deliberation
Who are more likely to take risks?
people with high power
Are people with low power less risky than the control condition?
no
Who are more likely to take action?
people with high power
Is being more likely to act always positive?
No, in the public good dilemma it is (you contribute more to the shared source) but in the common dilemma it isn’t (you take too much of the source)
