Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment

1) An identity is who you are as a person; it’s what describes you. For example, your name is your identity. Its what people call you and how you response to people with the name they use to call on you. An identity is the person you are to society, to Eastern Illinois University most students are an E#. Identity is who you are.

2) One factor that affects a person to commit to an identity is extensively, which is the number of relations resulting from a role. For example, a role that has a lot of important key parts to it might make it more challenging from some people. So then they don’t want to commit to that role and that identity. The second factor that affects a person to commit to an identity is intensively, which is the emotional attachment

Two, This person is going to get to contribute more often then the other members of the task group. Three, this person’s evaluations are going to be more positive then the other members. And lastly, they are going to be the main influence of the group above all the members. This person is most likely the leader of the task group, people may think this person is the smartest or gets good grades all the time so everyone makes this person the leader to insure that the whole group will end up with a good grade on the task they are working on.

6) (#7) Power is the ability to get what you want despite the resistance of other people (lecture notes, Soboroff). Power is coercion, and excludes from valued resources (lecture notes, Soboroff). Power is doing something wrong and knowing you can get away with it if you get caught. Power is having people do things for you because they want to impress you because you have power over them. Power is something that people have that shows everyone that they matter and get what they

According to Emerson, people strive to balance their power within relationships. One, a low power person comes to devalue things they once have valued highly. Two, a low power person finds an alternative source for things needs and wants. Three, A high power person comes to value more highly what the low power person has to offer and lastly, a high power person loses alternative sources for their own wants and or needs (lecture notes, Soboroff). This is because the power dependent theory states that we become dependent on other people to meet our needs and or wants, so it creates power relationships and not everyone can produce or have the same power over things so that’s how we get unequal power