Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems

American Psychologist

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-278

  Vallacher, Robin R ^a   Coleman, Peter T ^b   Nowak, Andrzej ^a,c   Bui Wrzosinska, Lan ^d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attractors; Complexity; Dynamical systems; Intractable conflict

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY; WAR;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; SYSTEMS THEORY; WAR;

EID: 77954849562     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019290     Document Type: Article

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