PSYCHOLOGY

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Assignment

Introduction and background notes (vocational context). You have been appointed as the head of a health and social care organisation. One of the immediate task is to engage your staff in a seminar focusing on the psychology of the person centred approach. This obviously calls for your understanding of different Psychological theories relating to health and social care. The under pinning philosophy is that adequate knowledge of the theories would help foster and improve care especially with relationship management as tagged essential in your job description as related to the service users.

Task 1: LO1 Understand theories of lifespan development

You have worked in a range of health and social care organisation with a variety of service users throughout their various life stages. (*Life stage means infancy; early childhood; adolescence; adulthood; late adulthood; final stages of life and death). You are preparing to submit a report for the next health and social care conference. In your report you will:

What you must do

1.1 Compare the different theories of life span development (for example stage versus open ended ; continuity versus discontinuity).
PLEASE MAKE A THREE COLUMN TABLE AND INSERT
Life Stage (COLUMN 1), Case Scenario (COLUMN 2) and Psychological Theories – Compare at least two theories of life span development for AC 1.1 (COLUMN 3).
THEN PLACE THE FOLLOWING UNDER THE LIFE STAGE COLUMN:

Infancy
Early Childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Late Adulthood/ Death

THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING TWO COLUMNS ACCORDING TO THE HEADINGS IN THE LIFE STAGE COLUMN.

1.2 In your report explain how all the following psychological theories (behavioural; cognitive; psycho-dynamic and humanistic) relate to different life stages in health and social care.

* Life stage refers to life span

To achieve M2, relevant theories and techniques have been applied when explaining how psychological theories and concepts are related developmental psychology.

Please only use UK healthcare industry and samples relating to the UK. Thank you.