Power and choice are interchangeable: It's all about controlling your life
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Having power over others and having choices in your own life share a critical foundation: control, according to a new study. New research finds that people are willing to trade one source of control for the other. For example, if people lack power, they clamor for choice, and if they have an abundance of choice they don't strive as much for power.