Health Psychology for Health and Social Care

Health Psychology for Health and
Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Compare different psychological theories of lifespan development................................1
1.2 Explain how psychological theories and concepts are related to specific life stages.......3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Explain social and biological factors that influence human behaviour............................4
2.2 Analyse the importance of social roles in the context of health and social care settings.5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Analyse the application of psychological theories to individuals experiencing elevated
levels of stress.........................................................................................................................6
3.2 Analyse how psychological theories relate to behaviour disturbance..............................7
3.3 Analyse how psychological theory informs understanding of mental health disorders...7
3.4 Evaluate the application of psychological principles to affecting behaviour change in
health and social care settings................................................................................................8
3.5 Analyse how psychological theories can enhance understanding of relationships in health
and social care........................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Health psychology refers to set of psychological and behavioural procedures in health, illness
and healthcare. It includes the psychological and emotional aspects related to a sick individual
for supporting them in order to overcome with relevant problems. It is necessary to make patient
emotionally and morally strong which impact positively on treatment outcomes (Haslam and et.
al., 2018). In context of this report, it is based on psychology for health and social & biological
determinants of human behaviour. It includes a case study of David Game College for long hours
working of nursing staff facilitate fatigue and elevated levels of stress. This assignment will
focus on comparison among various psychological theories and their specific life stages. It will
also include social & biological factors influencing human behaviour along with significance of
social roles in health and social care settings. The application of psychological theories and their
influence to analyse behaviour disturbance and mental health disorders are given below.
TASK 1
1.1 Compare different psychological theories of lifespan development.
Psychology refers to study of behaviour and mind of an individual in terms of their mental and
emotional state which reflects in their behaviour. It is consider as behavioural health discipline
which is known as key for bio psychological practice to understand the concept of health and
illness. However, psychological plays an important role to promote healthy behaviour in order to
prevent the diseases along with improving patient’s quality of life (Anisman, 2016). Psychology
is relevant to health & social care because it is favourable to understand human mind and
specific decision making, ideas, thought and emotions to promote healthy habit to improve their
health condition.
The issue of nature vs. nurture in lifespan development because nature is all about inherited
aspects which impact on development of an individual whereas nurture means external factors
contributing in development including product of exposure, life experiences in learning.
Psychological theories are useful to understand about future behaviours which facilitate
development during the life span.
Life span development stages
Infancy: This includes age from birth to 2 years when bond develops between child and their
primary care givers.
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