Power
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
| Winning is everything | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Nice guys finish last | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| There can only be one winner | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| There’s a sucker born every minute | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| You can’t completely trust anyone | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| All power rests at the end of the gun | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Power seekers are greedy and can’t be trusted | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| You can get as much power as you pay for. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
B. Influence
1.
| Source of power |
| Legitimate Authority (my father) - Mr. hether - |
| Reward (my father) + Mrs. Wong - |
| Coercive (my teacher) + Mrs. Julia + |
| Referent (my boss) + Amanpour Christine + |
| Expert (my boss ) + Mrs. Wong - |
Delegate your assignment to our experts and they will do the rest.
2.
| YES | NO | |
| a. Was there one person who had + marks appearing under several power bases? | ||
| b. Was there one person who had – marks appearing under several power bases? | ||
| c. Did you find that most of the people with + marks tended to fall under the same power bases? | ||
| d. Did you find that most of the people with – marks tended to fall under the same power bases? |
3.
| POSITIVE + | NEGATIVE - |
| Expert | Reward |
| Referent | Legitimate Authority |
| Coercive |
Personally I would prefer to use these powers to influence people because they seem to work greatly at influencing people positively. However most of the time I find myself not using them but I think it is appropriate to practice using them.
C. Power and Influence
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
| Winning is everything | 1 | 2 | |||
| Nice guys finish last | 1 | 2 | |||
| There can only be one winner | 2 | 1 | |||
| There’s a sucker born every minute | 1 | 2 | |||
| You can’t completely trust anyone | 1 | 2 | |||
| All power rests at the end of the gun | 1 | 2 | |||
| Power seekers are greedy and can’t be trusted | 1 | 2 | |||
| Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely | 1 | 2 | |||
| You can get as much power as you pay for. | 1 | 2 |
As I compare my response to the response of the people who I resemble, I find myself resembling closely to person 1. I would prefer to use the kind of powers that person one use to influence people.
Which kind of powers do you use more frequently?
Mostly I use coercive power and also sometimes I may use reward power.
Which do you least frequently use?
Expert power and legitimate authority power.
When do you feel you have the greatest power? When do you have the least power?
I feel I have the greatest power whenever I rule over somebody or I act as a boss to them. And I feel I have the least power whenever someone tries to control me in whichever ways he or she wants me to act.
How does these answers compare to what you found in part 3B?
These answers as compared to part 3B answers are almost similar to what powers I usually use in my daily life.
