Which of the following is NOT one of the five categories of power proposed by French and Raven?

• A. Legitimate Power
• B. Referent Power
• C. Expert Power
• D. Informant Power

Answer: (D)

French and Raven’s framework distinguishes five bases of power that people use to influence others: legitimate power from formal authority, reward power from the ability to deliver rewards, coercive power from the capacity to punish, expert power from specialized knowledge, and referent power from admiration or identification with the leader. The item described as Informant Power doesn’t belong to these five bases. Informational (informant) power—that is, power arising from access to or control of information—was not one of the bases in their original model (some later theories expand beyond the five, but not in the original list). So this option is the one that does not fit.