| Teaching Staff
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Prof. Dr. Eda Karacan |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
No prerequisites |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
Families approaches examines the family from theoretical, evidence informed and practical
perspectives. Much of the scientific information about families has been collected in western
societies. Some contrasts with other societies will also be made where studies are available
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| Course Content |
Generally, this course will provide students with a background in family approaches and an opportunity to learn about various theoretical, conceptual, practical, and empirical family issues. The major contents of this course includes topics of family systems, theoretical and empirical literature associated with family in the larger social structure, cultural influences, marriage and family development, , marriage and family dysfunctions, parenting, child rearing methods, attachment, divorce, single parenting, remarriage, aging and family dysfunctions, sibling relations, communication within family and families with special situations. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1- To acquire various family developmental processes
2- To apply theoretical ideas to real life
3- To gain information associated with family relationships based on perspectives that are diverse and multi-cultural including an emphasis on race, ethnicity, gender, class, age & environment.
4- To illustrate typical problems and some suggested solutions in the marriage and family context
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction of the course |
| 2. Week |
Overview of human relations: Historical development and theoretical approaches |
| 3. Week |
Family within the psychosocial system
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| 4. Week |
Human and family in the context of culture
Culture and self: self concept changing depend on the culture
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| 5. Week |
Family and family change: Comparing family models |
| 6. Week |
Marital relationships (transition to marriage, relations between partners, divorce etc.) |
| 7. Week |
Comparison of the relation between parent-child, siblings and friends in a variety of dimensions |
| 8. Week |
First relations of life: Attachment theory |
| 9. Week |
Maternal and infant characteristics that affect the attachment relations and cross-cultural studies
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| 10. Week |
Concepts about the friendships and parents: self, frienship and parents |
| 11. Week |
Parent-child communication and conflict between them
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| 12. Week |
The effects of beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of parents on children
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| 13. Week |
The effects of children on parents |
| 14. Week |
Violence in family |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
30 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
10 |
| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
- Ambert, A. (1992). The effect of children on parents. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
- Antonucci, T.C. and Mikus, K. (1988). The power of parenthood: personality and attitudinal changes during the transition to parenthood. In Michaels, G.Y., and Goldberg, W.A. (Eds.), The transition to
parenthood: Current theory and research (pp 62-84). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Bjorklund, D.F, Yunger, J.L., and Pelligrini, A.D. (2002). The evaluation of parenting and evaluationary approaches to childrearing. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Social ecology of parenting
(Vol. 2, pp. 3-31). Lawrance Erlbaum Associates.
- Cowan, C. P., and Cowan, P. A. (2000). When partners become parents: The big life change for couples. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Crouter, A.C. & Booth, A. (2003). Children's influence on family dynamics: The neglected side of family relationships. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Dönmez, A. (2009, çev. Editörü). Yakın İlişkiler Psikolojisi. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
- Heinicke, C. M. (2002). Determinants of the transition to parenthood. In M. H Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting, Vol. 3: Status and social conditions of parenting (pp. 277-303). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Hortaçsu, N. (2003). Çocuklukta İlişkiler: Ana Baba, Kardeş ve Arkadaşlar. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.
- Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (2000). Kültürel Psikoloji: Kültürel Bağlamında İnsan ve Aile. İstanbul: Evrim Yayınevi.
- Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (1996). Family and human development across cultures: A view from the other side. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Kongar, E. (2000). 21. yüzyılda Türkiye: 2000’li yıllarda Türkiye’nin Toplumsal Yapısı (ss. 545-601).İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
- McAdams, D. P., Hart, H., and Maruna, S. (1998). The anotomy of generativity. In D. P. McAdams and E. de St.Aubin (Eds.), Generativity and Adult Development: How and why we care for the
next generation (pp.7-43). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
- Satir, V. (1988).İnsan Yaratmak: Aile terapisinin başyapıtı (çev. Selim Yeniçeri).İstanbul: Beyaz Yayınları
- Özgüven, İ.E. (2001).Ailede iletişim ve yaşam. Ankara: PDREM Yayınları. |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | 3 | | LO2 | | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | 3 | | LO3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | LO4 | | | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | 5 | | |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |