Exam 5: Power: the Architecture of Conflict

A teacher has threatened several times to tell a 4^th grader's parents about the student's misconduct in class to change his behavior. Eventually she does send a note home stating her complaints about the student. The following week the student's behavior gets worse and the student tells the teacher that "my parents never have been able to find a way to punish me." The way this conflict unfolded reflects which principle of power and conflict?

Which of the following statements would be inconsistent with a relational view of power?

Gang fights can become very destructive because the gang identity overrides each member's personal identity. When one gang member attacks a rival gang member, the attack is often seen as an attack on the gang identity, not on the specific gang member. This process can best be described as:

Research has found that when there is an imbalance of power in a relationship, a "chilling effect" can occur between the parties. Which of the following statements best characterize the likely result of a chilling effect in an imbalanced power relationship?

Explain how the failure to carry out a threat can undermine the endorsement of a party's resources.

The social categorization process and the mystique of power are similar in that:

Tactics are the different ways in which power gets enacted in conflict situations. Explain how the tactic "issue control" is based on the hidden use of power.

A manager is able to influence an employee's work behavior by offering the employee monetary incentives (e.g. bonus money). According to a relational view of power, this influence happened because:

Which of the following is not a likely consequence of being the weaker party in an unbalanced power relationship?