Power, influence, and authority

QUESTION

ANSWER

1. Name French and Raven’s five sources of power.

Referent, Legitimate, Coercive, Reward, and Expert.

2. When faced with ‘power’ what are the three choices of the ‘target’?

Compliance, commitment or resistance.

3. What did Milgram set out to demonstrate?

That under certain circumstances some individuals could be persuaded to commit acts of brutality against nominally innocent victims.

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