Posted: September 14th, 2017

understanding and challenging behaviours

1. A definition of challenging behaviour and its usefulness in
determining behaviour

2. Describe 4 different forms of challenging behaviour :

Forms of Behaviour

• Physical
Throwing objects
Lashing out
• Anti social
Withdrawal from activities
Refusal to participant in everyday activities
Masturbating in public (learning disabilities)
Stereotypical behaviour
Non verbal
• Self Harming
Self Injurous
• Verbal
• Others
Communication difficulties

3. Demonstrate an understanding of how two different psychological
theories can help us understand challenging behaviour :

Behaviourist Perspective

• Social Learning Theory
• Behaviour is learned through:
– Classical conditioning e.g Pavlov
– Operant conditioning e.g Skinner
– Modelling/Imitation e.g Bandura

Pavlov

• Discovered a type of associative learning
• Called Classical Conditioning
• Experiments carried out on dogs
• The underlying principles have also been applied to human learning

4. Analyse how life experience’s and situational factors can contribute
to challenging behaviour giving two examples.
Factors which attribute to challenging behaviour
? External Factors
– Institutionalisation
– Peer Pressure
– Family Pressure
– Poverty
– Illness (physical)
– Abuse (physical/sexual)
Internal Factors (relate to the perception of a threat)
– Response to authority
– Fear
– Personality (differences)
– Response to stressful situation
– Experience of abuse
– Lack of knowledge (situation/carer)

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