Five bases of power
In a now-classic study (1959), social psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven developed a schema of sources of power by which to analyse how power plays work (or fail … 展开

In everyday situations people use a variety of power tactics to push or prompt other people into particular actions. Many examples exist of common power tactics employed every day. … 展开

Tactics
A number of studies demonstrate that harsh power tactics (e.g. punishment (both personal and impersonal), … 展开

Power literacy refers to how one perceives power, how it is formed and accumulates, and the structures that support it and who is in control of it. Education can be helpful for heightening power literacy. In a 2014 TED talk Eric Liu notes that "we don't like to talk about power" as … 展开

Recent experimental psychology suggests that the more power one has, the less one takes on the perspective of others, implying that the powerful have less empathy. 展开

Power changes those in the position of power and those who are targets of that power.
Approach/inhibition theory
Developed by D. Keltner … 展开

• Acquiescence
• Amity-enmity complex
• Authority bias
• Control of time in power relationships
• Discourse of power 展开