Week 3: Power Flashcards
Power
Asymmetric control over
valued resources in social
relationships
How can we see powerholders according to Brauer & Bourhis ?
As actors
As perceivers
As targets of perception
Powerful groups as targets are attributed …
more positive traits than less powerful groups
What is the fundamental attribution error
The cause for power is on the person for high power people and the cause for power is situational for low power people
According to Bauer & Bourhis, powerful people are attributed positive traits. What do they also get / are perceived as?
Perceived as competent
Perceived as more heterogeneous
Behavior is motivated
are seen as center of attention
Also:
Have more discriminative and ingroup bias
Powerful people show more/less inhibition
Less
Which behavior is shown in powerholders due to disinhibition?
Flirting
▫ Talk longer
▫ Take action
▫ Gestural activities
▫ Show more emotions
▫ Share more opinions
▫ Optimism risk-seeking behavior
Keltner, gruenfeld & Anderson (2003) “Power, approach and inhibition” paper is theoretical and not empirical. What is their theory about?
Determinants and consequences of power
Which 4 variables do Keltner et al (2003) discuss?
Individual variables
Dyadic variables
Within group variables
Between group variables
Name two examples of individual variables
Traits
Physical attributes
Name two examples of dyadic variables
Interest in relationships
Commitment
Name two examples of within-group variables
Authority
Status
Name two examples of between-group variables
Race
Gender
Class
Ideology
The different variables of Keltner et al. (2003) lead to?
Social power
What does social power according to kerltner et al. (2003) lead to for high and for low power people?
High power approach:
prone to positive emotion
focus on achieving goals
disinhibited behavior
attention to rewards
Low power:
Negative emotion
Attention on losses/ punishment
Inhibited behavior
What is the name of the research from Brauer & Bourhis?
Social Power
What is the definition of Intergroup power according to Brauer & Boris?
It constitutes a group’s control over its own fate and the fate of out-groups
How do Brauer & Bourhis define Social status?
The relative position of groups on valued dimensions of comparison such as educational achievement, occupational status, wealth and speech style
Name the levels of the Epistemological continuum and explain them (Brauer & Bourhis)
- Ideological level
2.Intergroup level
3.Inter-personal level
4.Intra-personal level
According to the epistemological continuum, which theory of power belongs to the Ideological level? (Brauer & Bourhis)
Social Dominance Theory
According to the epistemological continuum, which 2 theories of power belong to the Intergroup level? (Brauer & Bourhis)
Three Process Theory of Power
Identity Model of Power
According to the epistemological continuum, which theory of power belong to the Inter-personal level? (Brauer & Bourhis)
Asymmetrical Outcome Dependency theory
According to the epistemological continuum, which theory of power belongs to the Intra-personal level? (Brauer & Bourhis)
Approach-Inhibition Theory of Power
Approach inhibition theory of power (Brauer & Bourhis)
How the presence of power affects individual behavior. According to this theory, people with power tend to exhibit approach behavior, which manifests as self-assurance, assertiveness and goal pursuit.
Asymmetrical outcome dependency theory (Brauer & Bourhis)
Explain and name the general idea of this theory
Individuals or groups are considered powerful when their outcomes are less dependent on others than the outcomes of others are dependent on them.
General idea: People have the basic need for control
Three process theory of power (Brauer & Bourhis)
Turner sees power as the consequence of influence, and influence, in turn, is caused by psychological group formation.
Name the three social influence processes (Brauer & Bourhis)
- Persuasion: capacity of convincing (in-group members) that decision is right and valid.
- Authority: Having control based on in-group norms and rhe right to control others and in-group members.
- Coercion: Control others against their will (forcing) - can be counterproductive and undermines the impact of persuasion and authority
Identity model of power (Brauer & Bourhis)
Power should be seen not only as a conflictual coercive force but also as a consensual productive and organizing force. Power is not control of people’s outcomes but the control of people’s active contributions or inputs
Social dominance theory (Brauer & Bourhis)
Theory of intergroup relations that focuses on the maintenance and stability of group-based social hierarchies.
Social dominance
orientation (SDO)? (Brauer & Bourhis)
when you are becoming more powerful, you assume you are a powerful person because you are better than others and that less powerful people are less powerful because they deserve to be less powerful.
People who score … on social dominance orientation believe the world is …, whereas people who score … on social dominance orientation think that society should be more … (Brauer & Bourhis)
high - hierarchical
low - equalitarian
Powerful people show more … and greater … (Brauer & Bourhis)
discrimination
in-group bias
How does Social Dominance Orientation explain discrimination and in-group bias in people with power? (Brauer & Bourhis)
Because of their social dominance orientation (SDO), where they assume that they are powerful because they are better than others, and that less powerful people have less power because they deserve it.