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Walker, Polly O. – American Indian Quarterly, 2005
This article explores the impact of worldview on a people's approach to dealing with conflict and compare the worldviews underlying specific Western and Indigenous approaches to dealing with conflict. It suggests that power imbalances in conflict resolution research and practice perpetuate colonization through ontological violence, marginalizing…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Developed Nations, Indigenous Populations
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Oliveri, Mary Ellen; Reiss, David – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1981
Comparison of objectively-monitored problem-solving behavior of nuclear families with kinship network structure indicates strong parallels between intra-family and extra-family interaction processes. Findings are consistent with theory of variation in how families regulate their relationships with the social environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Extended Family, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics
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Jordan, Michael P. – Instructional Science, 1980
This discussion of information structures in written texts describes how linguistic analysis of short published reports leads to the presentation of an algorithm that depicts the problem-solving process in terms of a series of evaluative questions. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills