Assessment Item 2: Application of Theory
Description: Case
Study. Students are required to select a published autobiographythat contains the author’s reflections on their
personal history/identity, family relationships and/or other significant
relationships and their hopes or aspirations. Do not select a biography that is written about someone by an
author, and selection of a work that presents a psychological or behavioural
analysis of a person, e.g. “A Psychoanalytic Profile of Adolf Hitler” will be
automatically failed.
Students are
required to select a theory of human development and/or behaviour and analyse
the content of the autobiography in terms of the concepts, principles or model
proposed by the selected theory. For example, Freudian theory, Neo-Freudian or
Object Relations Theory, Person-centred theory, Behavioural theory, Social
Learning theory, Cognitive theory, Interpersonal theory, Attachment theory,
family systems theory. (S. Freud, A. Freud, J. Bowlby, D.W. Winnicott, Karen
Horney, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, A. Beck, S. Minuchin, M.
Bowen).
Do notselect a therapeutic modelthat
describes howto undertake a
treatment for example: Fairburn, C. (2008). “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and
Eating Disorders.”
A theory of human
behaviour or development describes whysomeone may feel, act, think, behave or relate
in particular ways.
Students will
develop and demonstrate an understanding of how theory informs practice –
assessment and intervention. Students
are also required to review and discuss the ethical and professional issues
involved in the process of applying the selected theory. (Note not every
principle in the Code of Ethics or Practice Principles will be applicable).
Relates to learning outcomes: 1, 2, 3,
4
Word Limit: Up to 2500 words
Weight: 50%
Due date: 25th May 2015
