Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit a learner should:

1 Understand psychological approaches to study

2 Be able to apply psychological approaches to health and social care.

P1 describe the application of behaviourist perspectives in health and social care

P2 explain the value of the social learning approach to health and social care service provision

P3 describe the application of psychodynamic perspectives in health and social care

P4 describe the value of the humanistic approach to health and social care service provision

P5 explain the value of the cognitive perspective in supporting individuals P6 describe the application of biological perspectives in health and social care.

M1 analyse the contribution of different psychological perspectives to the understanding and management of challenging behaviour

M2 analyse the contribution of different psychological perspectives to health and social care service provision.

D1 evaluate the roles of different psychological perspectives in health and social care.