@article {Galinsky:December 2006:0956-7976:1068, author = "Galinsky, Adam D.", author = "Magee, Joe C.", author = "Ena Inesi, M.", author = "Gruenfeld, Deborah H", title = "Power and Perspectives Not Taken", journal = "Psychological Science", volume = "17", year = "December 2006", abstract = "
Four experiments and a correlational study explored the relationship between power and perspective taking. In Experiment 1, participants primed with high power were more likely than those primed with low power to draw an E on their forehead in a self-oriented direction, demonstrating less of an inclination to spontaneously adopt another person's visual perspective. In Experiments 2a and 2b, high-power participants were less likely than low-power participants to take into account that other people did not possess their privileged knowledge, a result suggesting that power leads individuals to anchor too heavily on their own vantage point, insufficiently adjusting to others' perspectives. In Experiment 3, high-power participants were less accurate than control participants in determining other people's emotion expressions; these results suggest a power-induced impediment to experiencing empathy. An additional study found a negative relationship between individual difference measures of power and perspective taking. Across these studies, power was associated with a reduced tendency to comprehend how other people see, think, and feel.", pages = "1068-1074(7)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/psci/2006/00000017/00000012/art00011" doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01824.x" }