BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 24: Unit 24 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 24 (Unit 24) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH12 criteria4 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explain how concepts of health psychology, health and ill health influence health-related beliefs and behaviours.
B.P2Explain how health psychology can be used in the management of different contemporary issues in health.
C.P3Explain how stress can influence illness.
C.P4Explain potential strategies that a selected service user can apply to manage stress.
D.P5Explain how psychology contributes to the management of pain.
D.P6Explain how psychological theories can be applied to manage a service user’s illness.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Assess the extent to which concepts of health psychology, health and ill health influence health related beliefs and behaviours.
B.M2Assess the contribution of health psychology in the management of different contemporary issues in health.
C.M3Analyse strategies that a selected service user can apply to manage stress with reference to their link to illness.
D.M4Justify how psychological theories can be applied to manage pain and ill health for a service user.

Distinction

2 criteria
AB.D1Evaluate the role of health psychology, health and ill health concepts in the management of contemporary issues in health.
D.D3Evaluate the importance of health psychology in helping individuals to deal with contemporary issues in health, stress, pain and illness.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainAssessAnalyseJustifyEvaluate
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Understand influences and beliefs towards health and ill health resulting in the development of health psychology as a discipline
  • B. Examine how psychology contributes to the management of contemporary issues in health
  • C. Investigate models of stress and related strategies for managing stress
  • D. Explore the role of psychology in dealing with pain and ill health.

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