Social Problems

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What is power?

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Power may be defined as the ability to exercise one's will

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Personal power

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Power exercised over oneself

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Social power

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The ability of people to exercise their wills over the wills of others

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Marital power

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Power between married partners, as well as power in other intimate-partner relationships

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Coercive power

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based on the dominant person's ability and willingness to punish the partner either with psychological-emotional abuse or physical violence or, more subtly, by withholding favors or affection

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Reward power

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bases on an individual's ability to give material or non material gifts and favors, ranging from emotional support and attention to financial support or recreational travel

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Expert power

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stems from the dominant person's superior judgment, knowledge, or abiltiy

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Informational power

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based on the persuasive content of what the dominant person tells another individual

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Referent power

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based on the less dominant person's emotional identification with the more dominant individual

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Legitimate power

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stems from the dominant individual;s ability to claim authority, or the right to request compliance

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Resource Hypothesis

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holds that the spouse with more resources has more power in marriage