Evaluating the biological perspective and social learning theory (SLT) related to health and social care service provisions
Unit 8- D1
I am going to evaluate the biological perspective and social learning theory (SLT) as my 2 psychological approaches to health and social care service provisions.
The biological approach is a very closed minded as it can only really be used in health care settings as this is what it was designed for there are many different types of health care: in the GP surgery it can be used because the main points of the theory is that medication must be used to cure illnesses and that is the GP’s main role, to prescribe drugs to cure illness and disease, both the theory and the GP will use medication as the main cure. They both also believe that there are 2 main causes of illness and disease the first cause is genes/DNA they believe that what you inherit from your family is the reason for most illnesses and diseases and the other cause is a chemical imbalance in the brain they believe that if you didn’t inherit the disease then it must be due to an imbalance.
The biological approach can also be used by nurses in a health care setting such as a hospital they use it when treating patients with medication as they don’t really have much input in the diagnosis stage of the illness then they don’t really look at the causes for the illness, genes/DNA and chemical imbalances. It will be used by all professionals in health care settings as this is what they are taught when learning the profession, this will be from consultants to practice nurses.
The biological approach can be used lightly in a social care setting, such as a primary school or day care centre, very little but one aspect of the theory that can be used is Gesell’s maturation theory as it helps social care professionals notice whether a child is following the norms of growing up such as walking and talking by a certain age and it helps to get any unseen conditions noticed in the child so as it can be treated/cured early so less of a lasting effect on the child’s health and well-being.
The effects of
I am going to evaluate the biological perspective and social learning theory (SLT) as my 2 psychological approaches to health and social care service provisions.
The biological approach is a very closed minded as it can only really be used in health care settings as this is what it was designed for there are many different types of health care: in the GP surgery it can be used because the main points of the theory is that medication must be used to cure illnesses and that is the GP’s main role, to prescribe drugs to cure illness and disease, both the theory and the GP will use medication as the main cure. They both also believe that there are 2 main causes of illness and disease the first cause is genes/DNA they believe that what you inherit from your family is the reason for most illnesses and diseases and the other cause is a chemical imbalance in the brain they believe that if you didn’t inherit the disease then it must be due to an imbalance.
The biological approach can also be used by nurses in a health care setting such as a hospital they use it when treating patients with medication as they don’t really have much input in the diagnosis stage of the illness then they don’t really look at the causes for the illness, genes/DNA and chemical imbalances. It will be used by all professionals in health care settings as this is what they are taught when learning the profession, this will be from consultants to practice nurses.
The biological approach can be used lightly in a social care setting, such as a primary school or day care centre, very little but one aspect of the theory that can be used is Gesell’s maturation theory as it helps social care professionals notice whether a child is following the norms of growing up such as walking and talking by a certain age and it helps to get any unseen conditions noticed in the child so as it can be treated/cured early so less of a lasting effect on the child’s health and well-being.
The effects of