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Essay Instructions: This term paper needs to be on one of the major theories in psychology and I have chosen Social Learning. The paper needs to be 500 words just explaining what social learning is and who is responsible for this theory.

Essay Instructions: Please utilize APA 6th edition for citations and references. Must have citations and references. Please utilize the chapters and article provided, as well as, any writer may choose.

The critical thinking exercises and the Professional development should be in essay format with an introduction.

The discussion question should be 250-300 words and include a reference.

Discussion Question (20 points) 250-300 words
Identify a behavior in the healthcare setting that you would like to change that involves extinguishing an undesirable behavior and replacing it with a healthier behavior (e.g., getting cardiac patients to reduce their high-fat diet and eat healthier foods; getting patients with low back pain to minimize their pain and become more independent in their activities). Describe how the behavior could be changed using the principles of a particular learning theory. Then describe how the same behavior could be changed using a different theory. Depending on the behavior to be changed and replaced, you might also discuss why one plan might work better for men than women, or for younger people than older people.

Critical Thinking Exercises: (40 points) total words 1000
• How can the learning theories be used in combination to change behavior and enhance learning?
• You are a staff nurse preceptor, and you find that the nurse orientee you are working with has difficulty understanding the idea of titrating drug dosages on the basis of physiologic data. A weakness in which type(s) of learning might be underlying this problem? In addressing this orientee’s difficulty, what other information would you collect?
• You are preparing to counsel a nursing students who is failing a nursing course, How would your approach differ if you base your counseling on Self-Efficacy Theory versus Attribution Theory?
• If you are a clinical preceptor in a health care agency, how could Social Cognitive Theory assist you in teaching your preceptee?

Professional Development: (40 points) 1500
List and briefly describe the ways that each of the major learning theories??"behaviorist, cognitive, social learning, psychodynamic, and humanist??"can be used to increase a behavior. Then, list and briefly describe the ways that each of these major theories can be used to decrease or extinguish a behavior.

Essay Instructions: Prepare a 1750-2100 paper describing how a selected learning theory impacts curriculum design. Use at least three references that may include journal article, trade/text books, and electronic sources. Reference material, if possible, should be no older than five years. Include the following in the body of the paper; a discussion of the learning theory, a description of how it impacts curriculum design, and thoughts on the use of the theory in the 21st century school. Social Learning (A. Bandura) is supported by the Boys Town Educational Model that is presently be utilized at my school. I work at an inner-city Catholic school on the Westside of Chicago, as a fifth grade teacher. We adopted this program into our curriculum last year and has been extremely satistfied with the students' progress.