| Teaching Staff
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Funda KUTLU |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
None. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
To inform student about history, methods and subfields of psychology so that they will be able to select the subfield they want to focus and select elective classes congruent to their basic interests in their coming years of psychology education. |
| Course Content |
Preliminary introduction to the history, methods, subfields and basic topics of interest of psychology |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
On successful completion of the course students will have gained/acquired:
1- To be able to evaluate the development of psychology as a discipline from a historical perspective.
2- To be able to describe research methods and data collection techniques of psychology
3- To be able to define the branches of psychology
4-Summarizes the issue of nervous system and behavioral genetics
5- To be able to define principles and concepts related to basic processes such as sensation, perception, memory, learning motives and emotions
6- To be able to explain the roles of basic processes such as sensation, perception, memory, learning motives and emotions in determining behavior. |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Psychology as Science: History of psychology as science |
| 2. Week |
Psychology as Science: Fields and aims of psychology |
| 3. Week |
Psychology as Science: Research methods in psychology and ethical principles |
| 4. Week |
Physiology and Behavior: Structure of nervous system |
| 5. Week |
Physiology and Behavior: Behavior genetics |
| 6. Week |
Sensation and Perception: Sensation |
| 7. Week |
Sensation and Perception: Perception |
| 8. Week |
Altered State of Consciousness: Natural and unnatural changes in consciousness |
| 9. Week |
Learning: Classical and operant conditioning |
| 10. Week |
Learning: Cognitive and observational learning |
| 11. Week |
Memory: Sensory memory, working memory and long term memory |
| 12. Week |
Memory: Sensory memory, working memory and long term memory |
| 13. Week |
Motivation and Emotions:Motivation |
| 14. Week |
Motivation and Emotions:Emotions |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| 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 (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Myers, D. G. ve DeWall, C.N. (2016) Psikoloji (Çeviri Ed. A. Durak Batıgün) Ankara: Palme Yayıncılık
Schacter, D.L., Gilbert, D.T. & Wegner, D.M .(2009). Psychology. New York:Worth Publisher.
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| Work Placement(s) |
There is no internship for this course. |
| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | LO1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | LO2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | LO3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LO4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LO5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LO6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |