PERCEPTIONS OF POWER QUESTIONNAIRE: Copyright © 1995 by Hilary M. Lips                               Please Provide a 3 to 6 Letter Expression or Word. Choose a letter sequence that you will remember and can re-use in case you need to re-edit and re-submit this form. Be sure to select an expression or sequence that protects your anonymity.                          DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Present Location:  Select One United States Canada New Zealand Western Europe Eastern Europe Asia Africa Caribbean Central America India Middle East Mexico South America      If presently in the US or Canada, Select One AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY   ********** AB BC MB NB NF NT NS ON PE PQ SK YT Age:       Sex:   Select One Female Male           Current Marital Status:   Select One Single Married Separated Divorced Widowed Race/Ethnicity:    Chosen (or anticipated) career:   If in University, indicate: your year Select One First Second Third Fourth Graduate Studies and major                                                     This questionnaire refers to the way in which you view power.                          By power, we mean the capacity to have an influence, or an impact, on other people. In this sense, persons with power affect the lives of those around them and make decisions that have an impact at both the individual and social levels.                          PART I                          When we think of the future, sometimes we imagine the kind of person that we could become someday. In the following questions, imagine yourself in the future taking on different "roles." You may have already thought of some of these roles; others may be more difficult for you to visualize, and it may be that you have never considered some of these alternatives until now.                           Think freely and use your imagination. Then, answer the following questions based on the images that occur to you.           1. Imagine yourself in the future as a person with power.               What or Who would you be?              2. Imagine what you would be like if you were the person you have imagined. What would you be like? What would you do? How would you look? How would you feel? How would you act? Think about these questions and write your reactions:   Please start a new line if your response reaches the left edge of this text box and the other text boxes below. Delete this message before continuing.           3. Is there a possibility that you will actually become the person with power you have imagined? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Possible Possible Don't Know Not Very Possible Impossible           4. Why?   ..........................................................................................................................................................           5. Imagine yourself in the future as chief executive officer, or president, of a large company.               Think: What would you be like?  What would you do?  How would you look?               How would you feel? How would you act?               Now, describe in your own words what you have imagined: Please start a new line if your response reaches the left edge of this text box and the other text boxes below. Delete this message before continuing.           6. What would you like about this ceo or president's position?           7. What would you dislike about this ceo or president's position?          8. Is this ceo or president's image of yourself positive or negative? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative           9. Why?            10. Is there a possibility that you will actually become the ceo or president you have imagined? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Possible Possible Don't Know Not Very Possible Impossible          11. Why?   ...........................................................................................................................................................          12. Imagine yourself in the future as a holder of an important political leadership position.               Think: What would you be like? What would you do? How would you look? How would you feel? How would you act?              Now, describe in your own words what you have imagined:            13. What would you like about this political leadership position?          14. What would you dislike about this political leadership position?          15. Is this political leadership image of yourself positive or negative? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative          16. Why?            17. Is there a possibility that you will actually become the political leader you have imagined? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Possible Possible Don't Know Not Very Possible Impossible          18. Why?   ...........................................................................................................................................................          19. Imagine yourself in the future as the director of an important scientific research center.               Think: What would you be like? What would you do? How would you look? How would you feel? How would you act?               Now, describe in your own words what you have imagined:          20. What would you like about this director of scientific research position?          21. What would you dislike about this director of scientific research position?          22. Is this director of scientific research image of yourself positive or negative? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative          23. Why?            24. Is there a possibility that you will actually become the director of scientific research you have imagined? 1 2 3 4 5 Very Possible Possible Don't Know Not Very Possible Impossible          25. Why?            26. Which of the future roles presented (chief executive, political leader, director of a scientific research center) was most difficult for you to imagine?  Select One of the Following Chief Executive Political Leader Scientific Research Director          27. Why?                          PART II         28. Write about 2 persons who have power at the present time and whom you know either personally               or through the media.                                         Approx.               Name                              Position                          Age       Why powerful?           a.                    b.                   29. Write about women who have power at the present time. Indicate who they are and why they are powerful.                                                                            Approx.               Name                              Position                          Age       Why powerful?           a.                    b.                    c.                   30. Write about men who have power at the present time. Indicate who they are and why they are powerful.                                                                            Approx.               Name                              Position                          Age       Why powerful?           a.                    b.                    c.                   31. Describe the most positive personal experience you have had in relation to a woman with power. Why was the experience positive?          32. Describe the most positive personal experience you have had in relation to a man with power. Why was the experience positive?          33. Describe the most negative personal experience you have had in relation to a woman with power. Why was the experience negative?          34. Describe the most negative personal experience you have had in relation to a man with power. Why was the experience negative?          35. Are women with power different from men with power?               No () (Go on to the next question)     Yes () How are they different?            Please complete the following sentences:          36. Most women think that women with power are          37. Most men think that women with power are          38. Most women think that men with power are          39. Most men think that men with power are          40. Who are the women in your life who hold or have held power with respect to you? (You do not have to use names, simply refer to the relationship you have had with them). How do you feel about these women? How have they influenced you?          41. Who are the men in your life who hold or have held power with respect to you? (You do not have to use names, simply refer to the relationship you have had with them). How do you feel about these men? How have they influenced you?                     THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION! Comments: Perceptions of Power Questionnaire, Copyright © 1995 by Hilary M. Lips