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Psychology

Decent Essays

Unit 8 M2 and D1

M2- compare two approaches to health and social care.

Chose two different approaches and compare each theory to a health care setting and also a social care setting explain how it works in health care compared to social care.

Example of behaviourist in health and social care – classical conditioning can be used in a hospital to help with an individuals fear by creating a hierarchy of fears starting with their least fear to the most feared. Whereas in a social care setting such as a school or nursery a teacher can classical condition children into tidying up by using an instrument. However Operant condition may not work as efficiently due to an individual having a behavioural condition such as ADHD

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This aims to help shape and change an individuals behaviour. You can also link to the certain theory such as – social learning theory links to Bandura's theory as he believed children copy behaviour this is why using high status role models are used to influence individuals behaviours in health and social care.

D1

write why the approach would be good to use within both health and social care and also why it may not work such as the behaviourist approach may not work as you cant classical condition everyone. Write about the strengths for both approaches e.g. A strength of the behaviourist perspective within health and social care is that a therapist can look at why an individual may have a fear or phobia by creating a hierarchy. This is also a strength as it allows a therapist/ nurse to help and encourage an individual who has a phobia which can help the service user to over come their fear. Write about the weaknesses of both approaches

In the conclusion

write about how it can work in health and social care put your opinion in e.g. I believe this perspective can help an individual who has a fear or phobia by seeing why the individual is so scared. I also think that the behaviourist perspective can help measure changes of a behaviour. On the other hand I feel that the behaviourist perspective doesn’t take in the biological perspective. Write about how you feel it works within a health and social care setting. Eg

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