| Teaching Staff
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Prof. Dr. Orhan Aydın |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
Detailed study of aggression, interpersonal attraction and close relationships, altruism and helping |
| Course Content |
Aggression, interpersonal attraction and close relationships, altruism and helping |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1- Being able to describe the special topics that social psychology examines and applies.
2- Considering human social behavior in multidisciplinary (biology, anthropology, social/cognitive psychology etc.) manner
3- Explainig how human behavior is affected by social context.
4- Relating the theoric knowledge, concepts and researches of social psychology with everyday life situations.
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Aggression: Definitions and basic concepts |
| 2. Week |
Theories of aggression: Instinct theories |
| 3. Week |
Theories of aggression: Biological, genetical and evolutionary approaches |
| 4. Week |
Definitions and basic concepts aggression: Social learning theory and frustration-aggression hypothesis |
| 5. Week |
Individual differences in aggression |
| 6. Week |
Interpersonal attraction: Definitions and basic concepts |
| 7. Week |
Variables affecting initial attraction |
| 8. Week |
Theories of attraction: Reinforcement, Exchange, investment and equity theories |
| 9. Week |
Close relationships: Definitions and basic concepts |
| 10. Week |
Gender differences in mate selection: Evolutionary and socio-cultural approaches |
| 11. Week |
Altruism and helping: Definitions and basic concepts |
| 12. Week |
Altruism and helping: Evolutionary and socio-cultural explanations |
| 13. Week |
Moods and helping |
| 14. Week |
Individual differences in altruism and helping |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
30 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
50 |
| Other (%) |
20 |
| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Articles selected from recent issues of Annual Review of Psychology, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review. |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | LO1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | | 4 | 3 | | LO2 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | | LO3 | | | | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | | | LO4 | | | | 4 | 4 | | | 4 | | |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |