Transfer What You Have Learned About Transfer and Problem Solving

question 62

Essay

Transfer what you have learned about transfer and problem solving to a professional situation in which you might find yourself. More specifically:
a. Using either an educational or therapeutic context, describe a specific idea or principle you might want students or clients to apply outside the educational or therapeutic setting. In particular, describe what information you would want them to learn within the educational or therapeutic context, and how you hope they would transfer it in dealing with the outside world.
b. Explain how your students' or clients' success in transferring this information and/or using it to solve problems might be more or less successful depending on:
(1) How they encode/store the original information, and the extent to which they elaborate on it
(2) How they encode/store the transfer/problem-solving situation, and the extent to which they elaborate on that situation

Analyze the relationship between stress and coronary heart disease.

Describe the characteristics of a well-adjusted individual and criteria for evaluating healthy adjustment.

Understand the role of social support, religious commitment, and a healthy lifestyle in managing stress and improving health.

Examine socioeconomic and gender differences in responses to and coping with stress.

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Definitions:

Behavioural Medicine

An interdisciplinary field combining medical and psychological interventions to treat and manage physical health conditions.

Treatable Problem

A medical or psychological condition that can be effectively managed or cured with appropriate treatment.

Voodoo Death

A phenomenon observed in various cultures where an individual dies due to a belief in a curse or a powerful negative suggestion, often without a clear medical cause.

Nervous Breakdown

A non-medical term describing a period of intense mental distress where an individual is unable to function in their daily life, often due to stress or depression.