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Megan Price

Change through Curiosity in the Insight Approach to Conflict (Revista de Mediación)


Abstract: Conflict behavior, as explained by the Insight approach, is the function of a decision to defend against a valuing of threat. However, defending against threat isn’t simply a choice, but a product of the biology of survival. This essay explores the psychological effects of threat, as well as their antidote: curiosity, showing that curiosity targeted toward the interiority of decision making in conflict can generate both a feeling of being understood and a self-awareness that sets the stage for new, transformative possibilities.


Read the full article, originally published in 2018, in Revista de Mediación.

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