Power and violence

Question 1

social power

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Power is based on the control of:

Answer 2

Valuable resources

Question 3

Does the individual in power need to possess the resource?

Answer 3

No, they can just control access

Question 4

How is power influenced by alternatives?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Fate control

Answer 5

controlling a partners outcomes no matter what the partner does

Question 6

Behaviour control

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What happens if both partners have power over each other

Answer 7

interactions emerge from mutual influence - counterpower

Question 8

Is complete equality easy to achieve?

Answer 8

Complete equality is difficult to attain and define

Question 9

How does having power feel

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What are the downsides of having power

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Conversations are influenced by power

Answer 11

More interruptions are done by powerful people

Question 12

Nonverbal behaviour

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Nonverbal sensitivity

Answer 13

powerful people recognize emotion and facial expressions less accurately

Question 14

four styles of power

Answer 14

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

Question 15

How does culture impact power

Answer 15

Perpetuate gender inequalities - we should create partnerships with equal power

Question 16

Are people more happy when there is a balance of power

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

Is power always bad?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Violence

Answer 18

Behaviour that intends to do harm

Question 19

Intimate partner violence (IPV)

Answer 19

Abuse or aggression that occurs in a romantic relationship

Question 20

Intimate partner

Answer 20

Current and former spouses or dating partners

Question 21

Is IPV a concern

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Three types of IPV

Answer 22

Physical, psychological, sexual

Question 23

Examples sexual abuse

Answer 23

acts without consent, threats for refusing sex,

Question 24

Examples of psychological abuse

Answer 24

insults, intimidation, threats

Question 25

Physical abuse

Answer 25

use of physical force or threatened use

Question 26

IPV in Canada - Men and women

Answer 26

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

Question 27

IPV is common amoung these potulations

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Three types of violence in intimate relationships

Answer 28

Situational couple violence, intimate terrorism, violent resistance

Question 29

Situational couple violence

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Intimate terrorism (IT)

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What happens in IT

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Violent resistance

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Correlates of violence

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Situational COuple violence is described by the

Answer 34

I3 model

Question 35

I3 model includes

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Instigating triggers + impelling influences + inhibiting influences = outcomes

Question 36

Instigating triggers:

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Impelling influences:

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Examples of impelling influences

Answer 38

- early life experiences - personal characteristics - specific attitudes - patterns of interaction

Question 39

inhibiting influences

Answer 39

encourage partners to refrain from acting on impulses

Question 40

Examples of inhibiting influences

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Impelling and inhibitory influences could be (4)

Answer 41

Distal, disproportional, relational, situational

Question 42

How does the I3 model relate to intimate terrorism

Answer 42

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

Question 43

Reasons people may use IT

Answer 43

- history of witnessing or experiencing violence - feel inadequate and use violence for power - rationalize their use of violence

Question 44

Why would people stay with a violent partner

Answer 44

- dont think there are alternatives - fear greater violence of leaving - don't want to leave

Question 45

Reward power

Answer 45

Various rewards

Question 46

Coercive power

Answer 46

Punishments

Question 47

Legitimate power

Answer 47

Authority or norms of equity, reciprocity or social responsibility

Question 48

Referent power

Answer 48

Respect and/or love

Question 49

Expert power

Answer 49

Expertise

Question 50

Informational power

Answer 50

Information/knowledge

Question 51

How is a balance good in relationships

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Distal influences

Answer 52

Emerge from background - norms, experiences

Question 53

Dispositional influences

Answer 53

Long standing beliefs

Question 54

Relational influences

Answer 54

current state of relationship

Question 55

Situational influences

Answer 55

Immediate circumstances