SELF-CARE WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE IS BATTLING CANCER
Taking care of yourself when a loved one is battling cancer may seem like to least important thing to do on your to-do list, but it...
AGORAPHOBIA OR THE FEAR OF THE SELF
In the early medical reports the cause of agoraphobia (AG) was described as a lack of self-confidence spurred by the sight of large grounds or extensive...
4 BODY MOVEMENTS TO GET EMOTIONALLY UNSTUCK
STOMPING & PUNCHING: When you feel angry, powerless or have low self-confidence. Make sure to tense your arms and make a fist with your hands. It...
VISIT TO A SLEEP LAB: SLEEP STAGES
WAKEFULNESS:The eye movement lines look like mirror images of hills and mountains. The brainwaves on the screen are small, rapidly but irregularly oscillating lines, like a...
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: THE CASE OF THE MUSICIAN
One excellent example of deliberate practice is solitary practice, which successful students use to increase their mastery of new music pieces and techniques. Music teachers typically...
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: EXPERTS Vs NOVICES
The differences between expert and novice performance cannot be explained by innate differences in basic speed and capacity. They are attributable primarily to complex, highly specialized...
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: HOW EXPERTS REACH HIGH LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE
Recent reviews (Ericsson, 1996, 1998b, 2001; Ericsson & Lehmann, 1996) dispel the common belief that “talented” expert performers attain very high levels of performance virtually automatically...
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: THE PROCESS
When we approach a new situation, our knowledge based on prior experiences will influence our ability to define and represent a problem correctly. In fact, we...
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CONTEXT
Problem definition is affected by social context in any domain. Individuals can become unable to redefine problems or evaluate progress on current problems due to the...
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: WELL DEFINED Vs ILL-DEFINED PROBLEMS.
There are two classes of problems: those that are considered well defined and others that are considered ill defined. Well-defined problems are those problems whose goals,...