CRISIS ROOM
The ability to recover, adapt, and keep going after a difficult experience.
RESILIENCE
The ability to make other people act or affect what happens.
POWER
“We follow this leader because this is how it has always been done.”
TRADITION
Most important decisions are made by one central authority.
CENTRALIZATION
A class representative was elected, and classmates accept their right to lead. Which concept describes that acceptance?
LEGITIMACY
During a crisis, people unfairly blame one person or group for a much larger problem.
SCAPEGOATING
The recognized right to make decisions or give orders.
AUTHORITY
People follow a leader because the leader was chosen according to agreed laws or procedures.
RULES
Power is spread among several local or regional authorities.
DECENTRALIZATION
A student has no official position but can persuade many classmates. What is the best concept?
INFLUENCE
You suddenly face danger and, for a moment, you cannot move or react.
FREEZE
People accept that a leader or government has the right to rule.
LEGITIMACY
People follow someone because they believe that person is inspiring, trustworthy, or courageous.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
The person or group in charge disappears and nobody clearly replaces them.
POWER VACUUM
The ruler disappears unexpectedly. Several local leaders begin taking control of their own areas. Name TWO concepts.
POWER VACUUM + DECENTRALIZATION
You sense danger and your body prepares you to confront it.
FIGHT
A popular student convinces classmates to join an activity even though they have no official position.
INFLUENCE
People support a leader because life has become safer and more stable under their leadership.
RESULTS
The principal disappears. Soon, each grade level begins making its own rules. What process is happening?
DECENTRALIZATION
Someone has the official right to lead, but very little ability to make people actually follow. What do they have, and what might they lack?
They have AUTHORITY (and may have LEGITIMACY), but have limited POWER.
Two people experience the same threatening situation. One runs away while the other freezes. What does this show about people's responses to danger?
People can respond differently to the same perceived threat. Accept answers explaining that threat responses are not identical.
A bully forces students to obey, but nobody believes the bully has the right to give orders. What does the bully have, and what do they lack?
They have POWER, but lack AUTHORITY / LEGITIMACY.
A leader was chosen according to agreed procedures, is personally admired, and has improved people's lives. Give THREE reasons people might follow this leader.
RULES + PERSONAL QUALITIES + RESULTS
Does a power vacuum mean that nobody has any power? Explain.
NO. Other people or groups may still have power. A power vacuum means there is no clear central authority replacing the previous one.
JACKPOT: A society enters a major crisis. The central government collapses. Nobody clearly replaces it, and different regions begin governing themselves. Identify THREE concepts.
CRISIS + POWER VACUUM + DECENTRALIZATION