Explain The Different Psychological Approaches To Health And Social Care Practice
P2: Explaining different psychological approaches to healthcare practice.
In this report, I will be explaining the different the six psychological perspectives and their approaches to healthcare practice. These psychological perspectives are the biological, behaviourists, behavioural, psychodynamic, social learning and humanistic.
Behaviourist approach
The behaviourist theory was brought up by Pavlov. It’s an act according to need and reward. Behaviour is reinforced; it could be either punishment or reward. Focuses on observed event. Pleasant and unpleasant consequences were the two terms that explained reinforcement. The behaviorist theory believes that once you see changes in s child’s behavior, then that means something new has been learnt. The behavioral learning model is a result of conditioning. …show more content…
For example, a child would have might to go to the hospital for treatment and might need an injection but might be too scared and so the nurse might reassure him that he’s a big boy and that it doesn’t hurt so basically, to give the patient a immediate reinforcement, the nurse will look for a positive behavior
Cognitive approach
The last psychological approach is the cognitive theory by a theorist also known as Jean Piaget. He became intrigued with the reasons children gave for their wrong answers on the questions that required logical thinking. He believed that these incorrect answers revealed important differences between the thinking of adults and children. He came up with four stages: sensory motor which occur between the ages (0-2), this is when children develop the five senses which are sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell. They develop physical skills.
Humanistic
In this report, I will be explaining the different the six psychological perspectives and their approaches to healthcare practice. These psychological perspectives are the biological, behaviourists, behavioural, psychodynamic, social learning and humanistic.
Behaviourist approach
The behaviourist theory was brought up by Pavlov. It’s an act according to need and reward. Behaviour is reinforced; it could be either punishment or reward. Focuses on observed event. Pleasant and unpleasant consequences were the two terms that explained reinforcement. The behaviorist theory believes that once you see changes in s child’s behavior, then that means something new has been learnt. The behavioral learning model is a result of conditioning. …show more content…
For example, a child would have might to go to the hospital for treatment and might need an injection but might be too scared and so the nurse might reassure him that he’s a big boy and that it doesn’t hurt so basically, to give the patient a immediate reinforcement, the nurse will look for a positive behavior
Cognitive approach
The last psychological approach is the cognitive theory by a theorist also known as Jean Piaget. He became intrigued with the reasons children gave for their wrong answers on the questions that required logical thinking. He believed that these incorrect answers revealed important differences between the thinking of adults and children. He came up with four stages: sensory motor which occur between the ages (0-2), this is when children develop the five senses which are sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell. They develop physical skills.
Humanistic