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Social and Biological Factors that Influence Human Behaviour | Case Study

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................3TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................31.1 Theories of life span development ............................................................................................31.2 Psychological theories with relate to different life stages in health and social care..................4TASK 2 ................................................................................................................................................72.1 Social and biological factors that influence human behaviour in given case study above .......72.2 Importance of social roles in context of health and Social care settings ..................................7TASK 3A..............................................................................................................................................83.1 Application of psychological theories in relation to individuals ..............................................83.2 Behaviour disturbances in relation to psychological theories...................................................9TASK 3B..............................................................................................................................................93.3 Psychological theories informs understanding of mental disorders.........................................93.5 Psychological theories enhance understanding of relationships in health and social care......11CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................11REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................122
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INTRODUCTION The development of life span and behaviour of individual are directly affected by factors ofpsychological. These psychological factors have significant impact on different stages ofindividual's life cycle. Both environmental and social factors have direct and huge impact onbehaviour and nature of human which helps to improve their development process (Sarafino andSmith, 2014). The present research study is focused on psychological principles in health and socialcare and to study its principles, it includes various theories of life span development. Further thiswill also help to understand social and biological factors which influence human behaviour in healthand social context. Along with this, report will also comprises applications of its various theories. TASK 11.1 Theories of life span developmentIn psychological theories there are various varieties of services which are provided todistinct individuals in their life stage development by health and social care organization. In thiscontext, the life stages are infancy, early childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, late adulthoodand in last death stage. These different life stages could be easily understood by differentindividuals and the psychological theories are stage, open ended, continuity and discontinuitytheory. The description of different life stages, its characteristics and psychological theories havebeen stated below:Life StageCase ScenarioPsychological TheoriesInfancy0- 2 yearsInfant is dependent onadults and in this stagebond developsbetween infant andtheir caregiver likemother.Stage versus open ended theory:According to stage theory eachindividual face equal stages which liesbetween birth and death in lifespandevelopment. Future expectations ofindividual influence them to chooseappropriate development path.The open ended theory stated that eachindividual develops different assumptions andhypothesis and these assumptions plays vitalrole in reaction to different situations.Individual’s decisions and reactions are basedEarlyChildhood3- 10yearsChildren learn to dothingsandincreasingly becomeindependent fromparents and theircognitive skillsdevelop.3
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on cultural, physiological and psychologicalfactors (Staub, 2013).Adolescence11- 20yearsDevelops own identitybyseekingindependence fromparents and they startthinking complex,idealistic and logical.Continuity versus discontinuitytheory:Continuity theory helps to determinenew and creative changes in stages ofindividual's life cycle. This theory stated thatlate adulthood uses suitable strategies whichare associated with past behaviours andactions for their lifespan development.Discontinuity theory helps indetermining instant and sudden changes(unexpected and diverse changes) in differentstages of individual. This theory also focuseson indifferent and isolated changes in lifestages of individuals (Brown, 2013).EarlyAdulthood21- 40yearsIndividual establishboth financial andpersonal independencewith unify career.They choose partner,start relationship andbegin their family.LateAdulthood/Death41- 65+yearsExpands their personalandsocialinvolvements andresponsibilities. Inolder age they startconsider adjustmentsto changes in bothperception and life.1.2 Psychological theories with relate to different life stages in health and social carePsychological theories are related to stages of lifespan development. To understanddevelopment of lifespan, there are few theories such as Piaget and Erikson theory. The descriptionof both theories have been stated below:Piaget's theory-This is a comprehensive theory of cognitive development which defines both developmentand nature of human intelligence. Piaget stated that in development of human, childhood stageplays a vital role. This theory is briefly discussed below:AgeDescriptionStages ofKey FeaturesDevelopment Phenomena4
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