and title Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care (QCF) Unit 8 – Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social care. Learner name Assessor name Kamila Patrycja Zgadzaj Kwame Attikpoe Date issued Hand in deadline Submitted on 5th December, 2014 15th December, 2014 15/12/14 Assignment title Explain the principal psychological perspectives and assess different psychological approaches to study. In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following
evidence or data that will provide a solid scientific basis for the suggested test score interpretations (Bornstein, 2011). Although there are many widely used traditional approaches to validity, Robert Borstein, has offered a more modern approach known as the process focused (PF) model in which we will take a look at both approaches. Compare and contrast the PF and traditional models of validity Standardized assessment instruments have been used for a long time in psychology, but it wasn’t until the
The study of personality is very important in the field of psychology because it aims to provide an account for individuality of human beings (Pervin and John, 1999). There are many psychological definitions which attempt to explain personality in terms of characteristics or typical qualities of an individual. Gordon Allport, defined it as “a dynamic organization, inside the person, of psychophysical systems that create the person’s characteristic patterns of behavior, thoughts and feelings’ (Allport
Aggression is a problem behavior that will be addressed often when working with children and adolescents in Applied Behavior Analysis. The Problem behavior frequency scale is a self-report measure designed to assess adolescents frequency of victimization, aggression and other problem behaviors (Buros, 2015). I will focus on how the problem behavior frequency scale distinguishes the problem behavior of aggression and how frequent adolescents exhibits these type of behavior in a school setting. The
1.1 Describe the major theoretical approaches. Humanistic Approach Humanistic is a psychological approach that highlight the research of human being. Advocate humanism examine human behavior not just from the view of observer but from the view of performing behave person. It is believed that individual’s behavior has the rapport with their inner feeling and human nature. Humanistic also specialized in the way people feel the world around them. The approach focuses on human’s ability to create
the cognitive social and at least one other social psychological perspective. Social psychology has existed for about 100 years, before which psychology was a branch of philosophy. Social psychology studies individuals in their social contexts. It is a diverse discipline made up of many theoretical perspectives and variety of different methods are used in social psychological research. This assignment explores the main principles of different methods in social psychology. It will look at the
relationship of personality and perception with stress; first the differences among physiological, environmental and transactional approaches to stress will be outlined. Then both physiological and environmental models will be critically evaluated. Finally, conclusion will be made after the discussion of individual differences in stress response with reference psychological research. Cox (1978) identified three model of stress i.e. engineering/environmental approach-the stimulus definition, physiological/biological
to the Study of Religion Various methods are utilized in the study of religion and they are employed for a multitude of reasons. The method chosen to study religions is determined by the information being sought. Included among these approaches are social scientific approaches such as the anthropology of religion and the psychology of religion, and normative approaches such as the theology of religion and the philosophy of religion. There is also the sociological approach to the study of religion
Psychology Kearney, Mcdermott, Malte, Martinez, & Simpson (2012) conducted a study of the effects of participation in a mindfulness program for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. I believe that PTSD is a state of mind that an individual has or how the deal with a certain traumatic event that has taken place in their life. According to Santrock (2006), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that develops through exposure to a traumatic event, such as war; severely
Social anxiety disorder or social phobia, is can be progressively debilitating condition which may affect individuals for the duration of their lives and with low rates of recovery among patients (Chartier, Hazen, & Stein, M.B, 1998). Studies have shown that the disorder has an early onset with symptoms manifesting on average at age 16 in most adolescents. Social anxiety disorder features intense feelings of irrational fear of possible embarrassment and scrutiny of others during social situations