| 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 help students to shape their field of interest by introducing preliminary information on Developmental, Social, Clinical, Personality, and Health Psychology. |
| Course Content |
Preliminary introduction to various subfields of psychology as basic science.. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
On successful completion of the course students will have gained/acquired:
1- an insight into the nature and measurement of intelligence
2- Summarizing the topics within the scope of developmental psychology and the basic theories, concepts and approaches of developmental psychology
3- an understanding of the nature of personality
4- Summarizing the main areas of interest and theories, concepts and approaches in stress and health psychology
5- an understanding of abnormal behaviors
6- Summarizing the therapy process and different therapy approaches
7- Summarizing topics in social psychology |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Intelligence: Nature and measurement |
| 2. Week |
Intelligence: Genetic and environmental determinants |
| 3. Week |
Life Span Development: Infanthood, Childhood and adolescent |
| 4. Week |
Life Span Development: Adulthood and old ages |
| 5. Week |
Personality: Trait and Psychodynamic Theories |
| 6. Week |
Personality: Humanistic and Social- Cognition Learning Theories |
| 7. Week |
Stress and Health Psychology: Sources of stress and coping with stress |
| 8. Week |
Stress and Health Psychology: Stress related diseases |
| 9. Week |
Abnormal Behaviors: Definitions, theories of nature and causes of abnormal behaviors |
| 10. Week |
Abnormal Behaviors: Descriptions and classification of abnormal behaviors |
| 11. Week |
Psychotherapies: Insight, behavior, and cognitive therapies |
| 12. Week |
Psychotherapies: Biological and group therapies |
| 13. Week |
Social Psychology: Social cognition and attitudes |
| 14. Week |
Social Psychology: Social influence, interpersonal relations |
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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 |
Gray, P. (2007) Psychology (5th. Ed.). New York:Worth Publishers.
Schacter, D.L., Gilbert, D.T. & Wegner, D.M .(2009). Psychology. New York:Worth Publishers.
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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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LO2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | LO3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | LO4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | LO5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | LO6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | LO7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |