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...s, and Daniël H.J. Wigboldus Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen Having power means that one makes decisions that determine the outcomes of less powerful others (e.g., Deprét & =-=Fiske, 1993-=-). In fact, powerful people sometimes face multiple impactful, complicated decisions a day, with little room for error. How do they accomplish this? Recent research indicates that power changes not on...

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...tudents (57 female, 24 male; mean age 5 21.48 years) wrote for 5 min about a time either when someone had power over them (low-power prime) or when they had power over someone else (high-power prime; =-=Galinsky, Gruenfeld, & Magee, 2003-=-). 1 A standard UTT paradigm followed (Dijksterhuis et al., 2006). Participants received information about four cars, each with 12 attributes, and were asked to form an impression of them. One car was...

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...rocess information more abstractly—integrating information to extract the gist, detecting patterns and relationships—than the powerless (Smith & Trope, 2006). Work on unconscious-thought theory (UTT; =-=Dijksterhuis & Nordgren, 2006-=-) suggests that such abstract thinking leads to better decisions when the situation is complex. Individuals who think consciously are unable to consider all relevant attributes, due to consciousness’ ...

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...ponsibilities, but also the way a person thinks. The powerful process information more abstractly—integrating information to extract the gist, detecting patterns and relationships—than the powerless (=-=Smith & Trope, 2006-=-). Work on unconscious-thought theory (UTT; Dijksterhuis & Nordgren, 2006) suggests that such abstract thinking leads to better decisions when the situation is complex. Individuals who think conscious...