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Introduction to Psychology for Social Workers
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Introduction to Psychology for Social Workers

understanding how psychological knowledge is applied into social work practice
Created byJolyn Hong
Last updated 10/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand basic psychological perspectives used in social work
  • understand how psychological perspective is use to understand a person's sense of self
  • Understand how key psychological concepts explain social interaction between people that may cause behavioral change
  • Describe some psychological therapies that is used in social work practice context

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 1h 56m total length

  • Psychological perspective as a framework for social workers27:42

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    1.Understanding 6 key psychological perspective

    2.Understanding how psychology is used as a framework for social work practice

    3.Use key perspective to explain issues that social workers work with

  • Quiz 1: Psychological perspective
  • Conceptualizing & Theorizing "the self"28:11

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

    1. Understand concept of “the self”

    2. Identify the 3 components of "the self"

    3. Explain how key psychology perspective views sense of self

    4. Apply understanding of how sense of self is developed in social work issue

  • Reflective and Application (short answer question)
  • Interaction with the world around us33:46

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

    1. Explain how our behavior is impacted by the presence of others.

    2. Identify the three components of an attitude and how attitudes are formed.

    3. Distinguish between prejudice, stereotype and discrimination.

    4. Describe theories of how prejudice is learned and how it can be overcome.

  • Quiz 3: Interaction with the world around us
  • Utilizing Psychological Knowledge & Understanding in Direct Social Work Practice25:41

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

    1. Describe the basic elements of Freud’s psychoanalysis and psychodynamic approaches today

    2. Explain how behavior therapists use classical and operant conditioning to treat disordered behavior

    3. Summarize the goals and basic elements of cognitive and humanistic therapies

  • Thank you1:04

Requirements

  • Adequate English proficiency in comprehension and writing

Description

Psychology has an important place in social work. In the world of social work, service-users (or clients) has to be understood from  their internal (psychological) world and their external (social) world. Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought.

Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and structures to address life challenges and enhance wellbeing.

This will introduce the some of the psychological concepts and theories that is used within the social work sector. These psychological concepts and theories allow social workers to better understand the people they are working with as well as a better of understanding of how psychological concepts and theories can assist social workers in developing interventions and projects that is aimed at promoting growth and development of the individual, family, community and society.

This course will introduce basic psychological perspectives such as: psychodynamic, behavioural, humanistic, cognitive, sociocultural and biopsychological. These psychological perspectives allows social workers to better understand people and their worldview. Psychology is also used as a guide to social workers in employing suitable interventions.


Who this course is for:

  • Open to everyone who is interested to learn how psychological concepts are being applied in the social work sector.

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