week 9

Question 1

What is social power?

Answer 1

the ability to
influence the behaviour of others
and to resist their influence on us

Question 2

Sources of power: one need not necessarily possess these resources; one need only to

Answer 2

control access to them

Question 3

sources of power: one power varies with the other persons (2 things)

Answer 3

desire and need for the resource

Question 4

Ones power is reduced if the desired resources are

Answer 4

readily available elsewhere

Question 5

The principle of lesser interest asserts

Answer 5

that the partner who is less
dependent on the relationship, who
desires it less, has more power in
that relationship

Question 6

Two different broad types of power:

Answer 6

Fate control and behaviour control

Question 7

Fate control

Answer 7

allows one to control a partner’s outcomes no
matter what the partner does.

Question 8

behaviour control

Answer 8

allows one to encourage, but not compel,
desired behaviour from a partner.

Question 9

What type of power may traditional norms say men have more than women

Answer 9

expert and legitimate power

Question 10

What type of power may traditional norms say women have more than men

Answer 10

referent power

Question 11

What is legitimate and expert power

Answer 11

Expert power- resource expertise- have the broad understanding they desire

legitimate power- resource authority- others respond to their authority

Question 12

What is referent power?

Answer 12

referent power- resource: respect and love- others identify and want to remain close with you

Question 13

The process of power refers to

Answer 13

The way power is expressed

Question 14

Language/conversation: Men and women behave similarly when they are talking to others of the

Answer 14

same sex

Question 15

in interactions with the other sex, which sex interrupts the other more

Answer 15

men interrupt women more

Question 16

What is the relationship between interruptions by ones partner and perception of the partner power

Answer 16

When one partnerintrupts more, they have more power

Question 17

The process of power: Non-verbal behaviour- powerful people do what

Answer 17

take up more space than
less powerful people do

Question 18

What is nonverbal sensitivity? Powerful people decode others nonverbal communication (more/less accurately) than less powerful people and this results in

Answer 18

Powerful
people decode others’ nonverbal
communications less accurately
than less powerful people do and
tend to be relatively insensitive to
others’ feelings.

Question 19

Styles of power may be indirect, direct, and implicit. They are also bilateral or unilateral. What does bilateral or unilateral refer to

Answer 19

Bilateral: involving both members of a couple in
negotiation and bargaining

Unilateral: with individuals doing
what they want without involving their partners.

Question 20

committed happy partners often use their power to

Answer 20

benefit their relationship

Question 21

The dark side to power: some people actively seek to enact power in their relationships, and they tend to be

Answer 21

controlling, domineering
people who have unhappy
partners.

Question 22

Violence in relationships: violence involves acts carried out with the intention of

Answer 22

controlling, domineering
people who have unhappy
partners.

Question 23

Violent actions range from those that do

Answer 23

little harm, such as
grabbing or pushing, to others that inflict atrocious injury.

Question 24

What is psychological violence?

Answer 24

e encompasses forms of abuse that target a
person’s emotional, mental, or financial well-being, or impede their
personal freedom or sense of safety.

Question 25

What is physical violence?

Answer 25

includes forms of abuse that involve physical
assault or the threat of physical assault.

Question 26

Sexual violence?

Answer 26

includes sexual assault or threats of sexual assault
and was measured using two items: 1) being made to perform sex
acts that the victim did not want to perform, and 2) forcing or
attempting to force the victim to have sex

Question 27

intimate partner violence statistics from Canada

Answer 27

Women are more likely to experience fear, anxiety, and feelings of being
controlled or trapped by their partner.

IPV is more prevalent among women

More than 44% of women and 36% of men have experienced some form of IPV

Question 28

Consequences of IPV: top three

Answer 28

The incident had an emotional impact (most common, more women felt this)

spoke with someone (second common, women)

injury (third, women)

Question 29

Why does IPV go under reported? (3 reasons)

Answer 29

embarrassment, fear of reprisal, reluctance or inability to recall trauma

Question 30

Type of couple violence: situational couple violence

Answer 30

erupts from specific angry arguments
that get out of hand.

Question 31

Couple violence: intimate terrorism

Answer 31

occurs when one partner uses violence as a
tool to control and oppress the other.

Question 32

couple violence: violent resistence

Answer 32

occurs when a partner forcibly fights back
against intimate terrorism.

Question 33

Gender difference in IPV, women act violently toward their husbands just as

Answer 33

often as men

Question 34

gender differences: men are more likely to use violence as a

Answer 34

tool in an ongoing pattern of domination nd influence

Question 35

I-cube model suggests 3 influences on IPV

Answer 35

Instigating triggers that cause partners to be on edge.

• Impelling influences that make it more likely that the partners will
  experience violent impulses.
• Inhibiting influences that encourage the partners to refrain from violence.

Question 36

Correlates of violence: 4

Answer 36

distal, dispositional, relational, situational

Question 37

distal

Answer 37

involving background influences such as economic conditions,
cultural norms, and family experiences

Question 38

Dispositional

Answer 38

, including personality traits and long-standing beliefs

Question 39

relational

Answer 39

, involving the current state of the couple’s relationship

Question 40

situational

Answer 40

Including the current circumstances.

Question 41

Reasons for staying in IPV: Fear

Answer 41

what will happen when they leave?

Question 42

reasons to stay: Pressure

Answer 42

Cultural and religious.
* Guilt about the failure of the relationship.
* Feelings of personal incompetence.

Question 43

Reasons to stay: beliefs:

Answer 43

• That the violence is temporary
• That one’s partner will change
• That they can stop the violence

Question 44

Sociocultural perspective of IPV

Answer 44

aggressive
behaviour may be prompted or
inhibited by various social and
cultural institutions.

Question 45

interpersonal perspective

Answer 45

emphasizes factors
such as the private and passionate nature of intimate
relationships, the high degree of interdependency between
partners, the inevitable presence of disagreements and partners’
differing perceptions, and variations in the behaviour and
cognitive capacities that partners express in their interactions

Question 46

Intra-individual perspective

Answer 46

An approach to explaining violent
behaviour between intimate partners that focuses on the
enduring qualities and personal histories of each partner.