Problems and Tactics in the Transcultural Study of Intelligence: An Archival Report

Abstract

We deal here with conceptualizing mental retardation transculturally and with its problems—with the way a modest transcultural library study of mental retardation might be done within a limited geographical area. Finally, because finding useful references is difficult and time-consuming, an archival appendix gives a data base that might serve as a starting point for future, more ambitious studies. While readers may not agree with the conclusions we draw from the data, the accessibility of our data archive should make informed discussion easier.

A 10-facet model of dreaming applied to dream practices of sixteen Native American cultural groups.

“…Therefore, "dream language" need not be symbolic or metaphorical to convey meaning. Nowak and Dentan (1983) have described the difficulties in finding transcultural terms to use in the absence of accepted operational definitions. As a result, we have used the most nonpejorative terms we could find-"dreamworker" and "dreamworking"-to encompass both Western and tribal practices.…”