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Script
Power - Groups (Part 3) | Sai-Cology (Ep.12)
Power *Lights Flicker* No, not that kind. More like POWER *Lightning Flash* HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Today on Sai-cology we’re talking about the big guy, the ones in charge, and also the little guys and how to change the power dynamic when needed.
SAICOLOGY TITLE
What’s your Type?
First, let’s cover the six types of social power. 1. Reward Power This is when you give rewards when others comply. 2. Coercive Power This is the ability to give punishments if others don’t comply. 3. Referent Power This is when you have power because you are a role model for another person and they want to model after you. 4. Legitimate Power This is power that comes from a position - like your parents or elders. The role is more powerful than the person actually in it. 5. Expert Power Which is when your actual skills, knowledge or other credentials give you power. Lastly is Informational Power this is a little different from the rest in that it is transitory-- you have power by keeping information and can shift power by choosing to share or not share info. The most lasting and successful types of power are Reward and Expert power.
Power docks? Powerdox? Paradox
There is a paradox when it comes to power - when we think of those powerful we think of people who have used underhanded tricks, force, manipulation, coercion or other tactics in order to get to where they are. However, this isn’t the case in true life-- those with the most power are those who are empathetic and attentive to others needs and interests. Power is not something that is taken, it is something that is given.
Don’t Care
The principle of least interest is one way to change power dynamics. This is the idea that whoever has less at stake has more power and room to negotiate and demand.
Fearful Power-- Powerful Fear
If you can get others to be fearful, you can accumulate a lot of power over them. In moral panic those in power like the media, police, politicians, create a fearful situation in order to make people vulnerable and have better control over their thoughts and actions. This is a form of informational and legitimate power since by controlling what information they tell you, and you believing it based on their role, they manipulate what you think and do.
Gas Lights
One horribly use of power, that you should learn about only to recognize and avoid or help others avoid is gaslighting. Use your powers for good. Gaslighting is when a person makes their victim question reality by slowly lying, denying, using what you care about, wearing you down, creative cognitive dissonance, confusing, projecting, turning you against everyone and everyone against you, basically making you feel crazy in order to gain control.
Social Learning
Another effect that having influence or power has is the Social Learning Theory. This theory is how you can get someone to imitate and model after your behavior. First, someone is more likely to imitate those that are similar to themselves. Second, if they are rewarded for the behavior it will become reinforced and thus will be increased. Third, we will look at how others are treated for following behavior and judge whether we want to experience that, known as vicarious reinforcement. If you want to study the cognitive side of this there are 4 processes involved. Attention, Retention, Reproduction and Motivation. These are all pretty self-explanatory terms but basically if all these things are high and present it is more likely someone will model after you, thus giving you power over them.
Balancing the Scale
Resisting influence is also a type of power. Remember, because power is given, you are in control of how much power someone else has.
Minor Details
Finally let’s discuss how the minority or people not in power, can influence. Obviously sometimes the people in power are the minority but for the sake of these examples let’s assume they are the ones without. While it’s true that being part of a group affects the individuals in it, those in the group still can affect it. Some factors that play into the success of this is the size of the minority (Minority Size) - Two or more people that are consistent are more likely to be taken as credible than just one. So try to find someone to be on your side. Next, the size of the majority (Majority size)-- the bigger the majority, the less the influence of the minority matters. After size, Behavioral Style, which is how consistent and flexible the minority is -- the more they are these things, the better change those in the majority will adapt to their views. The influence of the minority is more difficult to adapt because it requires internal change of thought while conforming to a majority only requires external or public change-- however you could use this as an advantage if most people in the majority don’t privately agree with the majority they will be easier to change publicly.
It helps to also bring new and unexpected information to the group that causes them to rethink or examine things closer-- it is really difficult to influence others through normative means if you are the minority, so you’ll have to use information.
Today we talked about power and how to shift it around. If you want to learn more about power check out the links below and be sure to like, subscribe, and comment down below your thoughts, questions or experiences. See you next time, and remember, to behave yourself!
Power *Lights Flicker* No, not that kind. More like POWER *Lightning Flash* HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Today on Sai-cology we’re talking about the big guy, the ones in charge, and also the little guys and how to change the power dynamic when needed.
SAICOLOGY TITLE
What’s your Type?
First, let’s cover the six types of social power. 1. Reward Power This is when you give rewards when others comply. 2. Coercive Power This is the ability to give punishments if others don’t comply. 3. Referent Power This is when you have power because you are a role model for another person and they want to model after you. 4. Legitimate Power This is power that comes from a position - like your parents or elders. The role is more powerful than the person actually in it. 5. Expert Power Which is when your actual skills, knowledge or other credentials give you power. Lastly is Informational Power this is a little different from the rest in that it is transitory-- you have power by keeping information and can shift power by choosing to share or not share info. The most lasting and successful types of power are Reward and Expert power.
Power docks? Powerdox? Paradox
There is a paradox when it comes to power - when we think of those powerful we think of people who have used underhanded tricks, force, manipulation, coercion or other tactics in order to get to where they are. However, this isn’t the case in true life-- those with the most power are those who are empathetic and attentive to others needs and interests. Power is not something that is taken, it is something that is given.
Don’t Care
The principle of least interest is one way to change power dynamics. This is the idea that whoever has less at stake has more power and room to negotiate and demand.
Fearful Power-- Powerful Fear
If you can get others to be fearful, you can accumulate a lot of power over them. In moral panic those in power like the media, police, politicians, create a fearful situation in order to make people vulnerable and have better control over their thoughts and actions. This is a form of informational and legitimate power since by controlling what information they tell you, and you believing it based on their role, they manipulate what you think and do.
Gas Lights
One horribly use of power, that you should learn about only to recognize and avoid or help others avoid is gaslighting. Use your powers for good. Gaslighting is when a person makes their victim question reality by slowly lying, denying, using what you care about, wearing you down, creative cognitive dissonance, confusing, projecting, turning you against everyone and everyone against you, basically making you feel crazy in order to gain control.
Social Learning
Another effect that having influence or power has is the Social Learning Theory. This theory is how you can get someone to imitate and model after your behavior. First, someone is more likely to imitate those that are similar to themselves. Second, if they are rewarded for the behavior it will become reinforced and thus will be increased. Third, we will look at how others are treated for following behavior and judge whether we want to experience that, known as vicarious reinforcement. If you want to study the cognitive side of this there are 4 processes involved. Attention, Retention, Reproduction and Motivation. These are all pretty self-explanatory terms but basically if all these things are high and present it is more likely someone will model after you, thus giving you power over them.
Balancing the Scale
Resisting influence is also a type of power. Remember, because power is given, you are in control of how much power someone else has.
Minor Details
Finally let’s discuss how the minority or people not in power, can influence. Obviously sometimes the people in power are the minority but for the sake of these examples let’s assume they are the ones without. While it’s true that being part of a group affects the individuals in it, those in the group still can affect it. Some factors that play into the success of this is the size of the minority (Minority Size) - Two or more people that are consistent are more likely to be taken as credible than just one. So try to find someone to be on your side. Next, the size of the majority (Majority size)-- the bigger the majority, the less the influence of the minority matters. After size, Behavioral Style, which is how consistent and flexible the minority is -- the more they are these things, the better change those in the majority will adapt to their views. The influence of the minority is more difficult to adapt because it requires internal change of thought while conforming to a majority only requires external or public change-- however you could use this as an advantage if most people in the majority don’t privately agree with the majority they will be easier to change publicly.
It helps to also bring new and unexpected information to the group that causes them to rethink or examine things closer-- it is really difficult to influence others through normative means if you are the minority, so you’ll have to use information.
Today we talked about power and how to shift it around. If you want to learn more about power check out the links below and be sure to like, subscribe, and comment down below your thoughts, questions or experiences. See you next time, and remember, to behave yourself!