The Effects of Power on Social Perspective Taking: Moderating of Power Motivation

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between power and perspective taking, and the moderation effect of different types of power motivation played in the rela tionship. Firstly, the study measured the participants′ power motivation with Picture Story Exercise. Afterwards the present study manipulated power by scrambled sentence test and semantic priming and participants later finished cognitive perspective taking and emotional perspective taking tasks. The results were as follows: 1)in the cognitive perspective taking, the main effects of power and power motivation were significant which indicated that the low power holders′ cognitive perspective taking is better than the high power holders′ ; 2)in the emotional perspective taking, the main effects of power and power motivation were not significant which indicated that power cannot predict emotional perspective taking; 3)The moderation effect of power motivation in the relationship between power and social perspective taking was remarkable both in the cognitive and emotional perspective taking tasks, comparing to the personalized power motivation subjects, the socialized power motivation subjects performed better on perspective taking.

Key words: power, perspective taking, socialized power motivation, personalized power motivation

摘要： 本研究旨在探讨权力和观点采择之间的关系，以及不同类型的权力动机在其关系中可能起到的调节作用。实验通过图片故事练习测量被试的权力动机，使用语义启动法和书写经历法唤起被试的高低权力感，最后要求被试完成认知观点采择任务和情感观点采择任务以考察其观点采择表现。结果发现：（1）在认知观点采择任务中，权力和权力动机的主效应显著，低权力者比高权力者的认知观点采择更好；（2）在情感观点采择任务中，权力和权力动机的主效应不显著，说明权力不可预测情感观点采择；（3）两类任务中不同类型的权力动机在权力与观点采择的关系中均显示出显著的调节作用，相比于个人化权力动机为主的个体，社会化权力动机为主的个体的观点采择表现更好。

关键词: 权力, 观点采择, 社会化权力动机, 个人化权力动机

CLC Number:

B849

Li Yaqiang, Chen Chaoyang, Su Yongqiang, Yang Linlin, Yang Yong. The Effects of Power on Social Perspective Taking: Moderating of Power Motivation[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(3): 399-405.

李亚强,陈朝阳,苏永强,杨琳琳,杨勇. 权力对观点采择的影响：权力动机的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(3): 399-405.

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