PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Social Skills, Decision-Making, Anti-Social Behaviour
6 Nov 2018
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Hierarchies and leaders help us deal with complex problems: The ability to control one"s own outcomes and those of others. Power that arises from formal positions within a hierarchy. Nor is authority always needed to obtain power. Having the skills necessary for the group to achieve their goals. Groups are more successful when they are cohesive. Fostering positive, cooperative relationships can help you achieve power. Selflessly sharing resources with others promotes social rank. High power involves a lack of constraint and greater freedom to act as one wishes. Greater inclination to engage in behaviour that satisfy own goals and desires. Low power associated with increased constraint and a vulnerability to the actions of others. Greater power predicts less careful and systematic judgements of others. Participants expected to interact with another participant, frank. Learn that he has just come back from a brief hospitalization due to schizophrenia. Prior to interaction, read a profile about frank.
