PSYCHOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

PSYCHOLOGY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:..........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Different theories of life span development.....................................................................1
1.2 How psychological theories relate to life stages of human development........................2
LO2..................................................................................................................................................3
2.2 How social and biological factors influence human behaviour........................................3
2.3 Importance of social needs in context of health and social care......................................4
LO3..................................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Analysing psychological theory application in relation to individuals............................6
3.2 How psychological theory relate to behaviour disturbances............................................7
3.3 How psychological theory informs understanding of mental disorders...........................7
3.4 Evaluating psychological theory principles affecting behaviour change in health and social
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Care.........................................................................................................................................8
3.5 How psychological theory can enhance understanding of relationships in health and social
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Care.........................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION:...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES:.............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION:
Social and human behaviour have a great influence on individual development. The
behaviour of an individual defines his personality. Psychology is the understanding of human
mind and behaviour. It shows that how a human behaviour is affected by different situations.
Also, how an individual gains various aspects of behaviour during his life span (Burman 2016).
Development is defined as systematic changes that occurs in individual at certain stage in life
along with its growth. This report will show different theories of life span and how these theories
are applied in stage of life. Also, how social and biological factors influence human behaviour
and what is the importance of social role in health and social care is described.
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1.1 Different theories of life span development
LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
Every person is having different
personality traits. These are either
acquired or innate. It can affect a person
behaviour positively or negatively.
Erikson's theory explains eight stages of
life growth of an individual in which the
sociocultural determinants of
development are present. It states that an
individual faces various conflicts in his
life. So to overcome this, it has to adjust
in the environment. The stages are:-
Infant – 18 months – It is the first stage
Toddler: 18 months – 3 years- It is a
stage in which child learns new skills.
He or she is bale to determine what is
wrong and right. Child becomes
autonomous. If parents can't take
proper care of child, he will feel
shameful. Freud anal stage shows that
gratification is ability to control
bladder movement
Preschooler: 3 – 5 years- In this
stage child learn new things in
school and apply in real life. They do
tasks on their own and if fails, they
may feel guilt by asking from others.
The phallic stage of freud focus on
genitals, it means boys perceive their
father as rivals and girls feels
similarity towards their mother.
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which shows parents ability of care for
the child. It will help in developing trust,
confidence, etc. if properly cared. This
can be done by fulfilling child needs. But
if not properly cared child will develop
insecurity, mistrust, etc. While freud
showed that child trust is developed by
fulfilling infant feeding needs. Also, oral
activities like smoking, nail biting can
gratifies a person.
School age child: 6-12 - Child logical
understanding increases and becomes
more mature. They develop self
confidence by doing bigger tasks. It is
also called as latency as number of
skills and knowledge is developed.
Freud states that child spend most of
their time with same sex peers and
acquires skills
Adolescent: 12-18 - In this people
develop their sexual identity. The
child comes from childhood to
adulthood stage. According to freud
people ion this stage starts focusing
on opposite sex peers to adjust with
them.
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