Qualification: Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care
Unit: Professional practice in health and social care for adults or children and young people
Learning outcome: Understand theories, values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin practice within health and social care
Assessment criteria: 1.1 Analyse theories that underpin own practice
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- Research and evaluate theories that you may use in your own practice. For examlple:
- Social Learning Theory (Bandura) – learning by observation and modelling
- Systems Theory – behaviour is influenced by several factors that make up a system
- Psychosocial Development Theory (Erikson) – describes developmental stages of life
- Psychodynamic Theory (Freud) – people subconciously seek gratification stemming, in part, from childhood experiences
- Social Exchange Theory (Homans) – relationships are built on an exchange process where individuals aim to maximise benefits and minimise costs by weighing up the potential risks and rewards
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