PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Conflict Tactics Scale, Psychological Abuse, Domestic Violence
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Social power=ability to influence behavior of others and resist their influence on us: sources of power person does not have to possess desired resources, just needs access to them relationship partners control access to interpersonal rewards(affection) The greater the others" desire, the more power the other has. Principle of lesser interest=person who has less interest in continuing relationship has more power in relationship. Women have more power over sex than men b/c men desire it more. Larger imbalance if one partner has few alternatives and other has many. Husbands have higher clalts than women b/c work outside home more. Encounter more ppl, have more money to sway them. Interdependency theory has two broad types of power: fate control: control partners outcomes no matter what, behavior control: change own behavior to sway partner to change theirs. Interactions of partners emerge from mutual influence on each other(counterpowering)
