M2 - compare two psychological approaches to health and social
care service provision
In this task I will be comparing behaviourism and psychodynamic approaches to see in
which ways they are similar and different. For the comparisons I will be talking about
focus, time and behaviour.
The behaviourist theory is used in many ways in health and social care, doctors can use
positive reinforcement to help patients in recovering from an illness such as anorexia.
They say that it is possible for your behaviour to be shaped by the environment. The
psychodynamic approach has been used to help therapists go deeper into a client's
mind, sometimes into their unconscious mind to memories and events that they have
repressed. This approach highlights the importance of the unconscious mind.
Focus
One difference between the two psychological approaches is that they have different
focuses. Behaviourism focuses on the way in which we can observe a person’s
behaviour and it uses a set of stricter strategies in order to change a person’s behaviour
either by classical or operant conditioning. However, the psychodynamic approach
during for therapy focuses on the ways of trying to understand someone in which are
unobservable. A psychodynamic therapist will try to bring out a clients inner mental
process that individuals are not able to control.
Time
Behaviourism can be seen as the quickest, most effective and cheapest way to change
a person’s behaviour compared to the psychodynamic approach. As the psychodynamic
approach uses therapy, this can be seen as negative and could put people off of using it
as therapy sessions can cost a lot of money and it could take a long time until you find
the right therapist. However, even when the right therapist for them is found, it can take
up to 9-10 sessions for them to be able to access the clients unconscious mind
properly. This could therefore be a problem to those who are not as fortunate as they
may not be able to afford this many sessions so they may never truly be able to access
their unconscious mind and find solutions their therapist could give them. The
psychodynamic approach takes a lot longer for it to become effective than the
behaviourist approach and is more money consuming and could therefore put a lot of
people off from using it.
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care service provision
In this task I will be comparing behaviourism and psychodynamic approaches to see in
which ways they are similar and different. For the comparisons I will be talking about
focus, time and behaviour.
The behaviourist theory is used in many ways in health and social care, doctors can use
positive reinforcement to help patients in recovering from an illness such as anorexia.
They say that it is possible for your behaviour to be shaped by the environment. The
psychodynamic approach has been used to help therapists go deeper into a client's
mind, sometimes into their unconscious mind to memories and events that they have
repressed. This approach highlights the importance of the unconscious mind.
Focus
One difference between the two psychological approaches is that they have different
focuses. Behaviourism focuses on the way in which we can observe a person’s
behaviour and it uses a set of stricter strategies in order to change a person’s behaviour
either by classical or operant conditioning. However, the psychodynamic approach
during for therapy focuses on the ways of trying to understand someone in which are
unobservable. A psychodynamic therapist will try to bring out a clients inner mental
process that individuals are not able to control.
Time
Behaviourism can be seen as the quickest, most effective and cheapest way to change
a person’s behaviour compared to the psychodynamic approach. As the psychodynamic
approach uses therapy, this can be seen as negative and could put people off of using it
as therapy sessions can cost a lot of money and it could take a long time until you find
the right therapist. However, even when the right therapist for them is found, it can take
up to 9-10 sessions for them to be able to access the clients unconscious mind
properly. This could therefore be a problem to those who are not as fortunate as they
may not be able to afford this many sessions so they may never truly be able to access
their unconscious mind and find solutions their therapist could give them. The
psychodynamic approach takes a lot longer for it to become effective than the
behaviourist approach and is more money consuming and could therefore put a lot of
people off from using it.
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