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Power and violence Flashcards

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social power

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ability to influence or change the thought, feelings r behaviour of others to suit our purposes and resist their influence on us

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Power is based on the control of:

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Valuable resources

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Does the individual in power need to possess the resource?

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No, they can just control access

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How is power influenced by alternatives?

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people with few alternatives depend more on their relationship than someone with more partners

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Fate control

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controlling a partners outcomes no matter what the partner does

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Behaviour control

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When changing one’s own behaviour, one encourages a person to alter their partners behaviour

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What happens if both partners have power over each other

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interactions emerge from mutual influence - counterpower

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Is complete equality easy to achieve?

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Complete equality is difficult to attain and define

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How does having power feel

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Feels good, people who get what they want are positive, feel in control

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What are the downsides of having power

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Do not see when there is an imbalance, and they judge other peoples negative behaviour harsher

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Conversations are influenced by power

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More interruptions are done by powerful people

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Nonverbal behaviour

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Powerful people use larger interpersonal distances, look longer, take up more space with their posture

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Nonverbal sensitivity

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powerful people recognize emotion and facial expressions less accurately

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four styles of power

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Direct, indirect, bilateral (both members), unilateral (without involving the partner)

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How does culture impact power

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Perpetuate gender inequalities - we should create partnerships with equal power

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Are people more happy when there is a balance of power

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yes

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Is power always bad?

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Sometimes it can be used to benefit the other person, but it can be used to dominate other people

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Violence

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Behaviour that intends to do harm

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Intimate partner violence (IPV)

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Abuse or aggression that occurs in a romantic relationship

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Intimate partner

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Current and former spouses or dating partners

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Is IPV a concern

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yes it is a WHO health concern - it impacts victims and communities

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Three types of IPV

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Physical, psychological, sexual

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Examples sexual abuse

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acts without consent, threats for refusing sex,

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Examples of psychological abuse

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insults, intimidation, threats

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Physical abuse

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use of physical force or threatened use

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IPV in Canada - Men and women

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Very prevalent - 2/5 women and 1/3 men

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IPV is common amoung these potulations

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Women, indigenous women, LGBTQ, women with disabilities, etc

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Three types of violence in intimate relationships

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Situational couple violence, intimate terrorism, violent resistance

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Situational couple violence

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Erupts from heated conflicts when both partners are angry, often mutual and unlikely to escalate to life threatening violence

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Intimate terrorism (IT)

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One partner uses violence as a tool to control and oppress - likely to be one sided and escalate to serious injuries

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What happens in IT

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Physical force, coercion, threats, isolation, economic subordination, emotonal abuse, minimizing, more likely to be one-sided and escalate to serious injuries

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Violent resistance

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Partner forcibly fights back against intimate terrorism - occurs in some but not all cases
Least common IPV

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Correlates of violence

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Impulse failure of self-control (SCV), violence is part of dominance/control (IT)

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Situational COuple violence is described by the

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I3 model

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I3 model includes

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Instigating triggers + impelling influences + inhibiting influences = outcomes

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Instigating triggers:

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cause one or both partners to be frustrated or on edge - verbal or physical abuse is a strong instigator

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Impelling influences:

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Make it more likely that the partners will experience violent impuses - adds fuel

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Examples of impelling influences

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  • early life experiences
  • personal characteristics
  • specific attitudes
  • patterns of interaction
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inhibiting influences

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encourage partners to refrain from acting on impulses

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Examples of inhibiting influences

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Most of us dont act on violent impuses - could be because the cause is too weak or there are forces fulling us away from physical action

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Impelling and inhibitory influences could be (4)

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Distal, disproportional, relational, situational

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How does the I3 model relate to intimate terrorism

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Rooted in enduring influences. People that terrorize their partners fall into two groups:
1. resorting to violence to keep their partner from leaving
2. Antisocial and narcissistic people use violence to get their way

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Reasons people may use IT

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  • history of witnessing or experiencing violence
  • feel inadequate and use violence for power
  • rationalize their use of violence
44
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Why would people stay with a violent partner

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  • dont think there are alternatives
  • fear greater violence of leaving
  • don’t want to leave
45
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Reward power

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Various rewards

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Coercive power

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Punishments

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Legitimate power

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Authority or norms of equity, reciprocity or social responsibility

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Referent power

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Respect and/or love

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Expert power

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Expertise

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Informational power

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Information/knowledge

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How is a balance good in relationships

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Spouses are much more likely to share decision-making than they used to be, and those who do enjoy marriages that are happier, less contentious, and less prone to divorce than those in which one of the partners calls most of the shots

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Distal influences

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Emerge from background - norms, experiences

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Dispositional influences

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Long standing beliefs

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Relational influences

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current state of relationship

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Situational influences

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Immediate circumstances

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