04:189:101 Lecture 7: Notes: Guidelines For Disclosure

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Marie Haverfield

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Reward power: when someone in the relationship has the ability/power to reward behavior (at a job: the boss have reward power) Coercive power: when someone in the relationship has the ability/power to take away someone"s ability to obtain someone from their goals (your parents have the coercive power, if you didn"t do dishes, they can take away allowance) Legitimate power: someone who is assigned a position or power. (if you are a manager, you have legitimate power. As a teacher or a professor, you have legitimate power) Expert power: when someone has valued knowledge; they know a lot about a certain topic-known as experts. (if you have a friend who knows a lot about cars, you can ask them for help. Referent power: when you admire someone, you think they are inspirational. (you go to this person because you value their opinion and make decisions based on what they say)