Lincoln Musonza
Lincoln Musonza
Psychological Perspective in Health and Social Care
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I am a trainee worker taking a module in psychological perspective about the care I give. In this booklet I am going to be talking about how important psyhology is to create a good care in health and social care. I am going to be explaining the difference psychological perspectives and how these can be used in health and social care as part of my training.
Psychological perspective is about how the humans react to certain things. In other words it means what is goes on in an individual’s mind. People think, feel and behave differently so it is important to understand psychological perspective.
There are lots of different types of theories related to health and social care practice and each thinks that it is the best, aluthough most approches to helping are about as effective as each other. This is bad as people get confused by so many approches and not know which one to take. It is also good at the same time as it gives people relief that there are lots of approaches that people can use to help other people in different situations Theory and practices are like a very old tree and if you start tracing it back to its roots it goes on and on and on. However the importance of every root has impacted ideas in the health and social care setting.
Biological perspective
Biological perspective is how the body plays a role in the psychological being, in other words human behaviour is the cause of biological factors, and this can be chemical reaction in brain. For example it was discovered that boys produce more stress hormone than girls and this is a biological explanation. Another example is in eating disorders, studies say that if one identical twin suffered from an eating disorder then the other twin would also be more likely to suffer from a disorder as well.
The brain and nervous system are the biological approach and
Psychological Perspective in Health and Social Care
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I am a trainee worker taking a module in psychological perspective about the care I give. In this booklet I am going to be talking about how important psyhology is to create a good care in health and social care. I am going to be explaining the difference psychological perspectives and how these can be used in health and social care as part of my training.
Psychological perspective is about how the humans react to certain things. In other words it means what is goes on in an individual’s mind. People think, feel and behave differently so it is important to understand psychological perspective.
There are lots of different types of theories related to health and social care practice and each thinks that it is the best, aluthough most approches to helping are about as effective as each other. This is bad as people get confused by so many approches and not know which one to take. It is also good at the same time as it gives people relief that there are lots of approaches that people can use to help other people in different situations Theory and practices are like a very old tree and if you start tracing it back to its roots it goes on and on and on. However the importance of every root has impacted ideas in the health and social care setting.
Biological perspective
Biological perspective is how the body plays a role in the psychological being, in other words human behaviour is the cause of biological factors, and this can be chemical reaction in brain. For example it was discovered that boys produce more stress hormone than girls and this is a biological explanation. Another example is in eating disorders, studies say that if one identical twin suffered from an eating disorder then the other twin would also be more likely to suffer from a disorder as well.
The brain and nervous system are the biological approach and