What type of power has the capacity to alter the actions of others?

What type of power has the capacity to alter the actions of others?



Answer: social power

To the degree that you are able to make someone else do something, whether they do it willingly or not, you have power over that person.

Which type of reference group involve individual's motivation to distance him/herself from a negative reference group being as powerful or more powerful than his/her desire to please a positive group?

Which type of reference group involve individual's motivation to distance him/herself from a negative reference group being as powerful or more powerful than his/her desire to please a positive group?



Answer: Avoidance group

ex: advertisement showing an undesirable person who uses a competitor's product

Which type of reference group influence involves the individuals decision to purchase a particular brand is influenced by the preferences of people with whom he or she has social interaction and is driven by others' expectations?

Which type of reference group influence involves the individuals decision to purchase a particular brand is influenced by the preferences of people with whom he or she has social interaction and is driven by others' expectations?



Answer: utilitarian influence