Essay About Psychological Perspectives And Social Careunit

Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care
Qualification BTEC  Level 3  Health and Social CareUnit(s) coveredUnit 8:  Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social CareAssessorLeanne BarrassDate issuedInterim DeadlineFinal deadlineDuration (approx)Assignment titleAssignment 1: Psychological PerspectivesLearning aims coveredLearning outcome 1: Understand psychological perspectivesCriteria CoveredP1 & M1Explain the principal psychological perspectivesAssess different Psychological approaches to study.ScenarioYou are a psychology student who would like to have a career as an educational psychologist. On your work experience placement you have been asked to investigate the need for a new therapy and counselling centre for the local people in Birmingham. You need to produce a booklet that explains and assess the psychological perspectives. Task 1Explain all 6 principle psychological perspectives in detail in the table below: Explain all six perspectives and measure them against each other in relation to study. You could look at how well each approach explains behaviour in relation to learning e.g. education or workplace learning. Assess positive and negatives about each perspectiveDo they miss out alternative explanations? For exampleWhy do we not always perform a behaviour that we have learned by observing others?        Does one perspective work better than the others in a particular case?Make sure you explain all six perspectives in detail.TheoryMain pointsExplanationAssessBehaviourismPositiveNegativePunishment Unconditioned ResponseUnconditioned StimulusConditioned StimulusConditioned ResponseSkinner theory (operant conditioning) Pavlov theory (classical conditioning)Social LearningEffects of other individuals, groups, culture and society in the behaviour of individualsSelf-fulfilling prophecy Role theoryBandura theories (learning by observation)PsychodynamicImportance of the unconscious mindMental IcebergID, Ego, SuperegoImportance of early experiencesEgo defence mechanisms Freud – Psycho-sexual Stages of Development Erikson Psycho –social Stages of Development HumanismMaslow’s hierarchy of needsSelf-actualisationSelf-conceptSelf-esteemRogers.Cognitive/information processingPiaget Kelly BiologicalMaturational theory/ GesellImportance of genetic influences on behaviourInfluence of nervous and endocrine systems on behaviourEvidence you must produce for this taskCompleted booklet Sources of informationText BooksCardwell M, Clark L and Meldrum C – Psychology for AS level (HarperCollins, 2000)ISBN 9780003224764Haworth H, Higgins H, Hoyle H, Lavers S and Lewis C, BTEC Level 3 Health and Social Care (Pearson 2010), ISBN Haworth E and Ashton A, Edexcel A level Health and Social Care, (Edexcel, 2009) ISBN 978 184690 373 1Higher Diploma (Pearson, 2008) ISBN 9780435401030Jarvis M and Chandler E – Angles on Child Psychology (Nelson Thornes, 2001) ISBN 9780748759750Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Health and Social Care Student Book 1 (Pearson,2010) ISBN 9781846907663Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Health and Social Care Student Book 2 (Pearson,2010) ISBN 9781846907470JournalPsychology ReviewWebsiteswww.bps.org.uk British Psychological Society