| Teaching Staff
|
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 |
To acquaint students with basic research and theory in the area of close relationships and to increase students’ skills in oral expression, critical analysis, and written communication through assignments and class discussion. |
| Course Content |
The course will cover research on a wide range of topics in the field of close relationships (e.g., interpersonal attraction, theories of love, marital conflict). The emphasis will be on romantic and marital relationships, viewed through the lens of social psychological theory. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1- Understanding the current theory and research in the field of close relationships
2- Comparing the reserach which are done in the area of close reletionships
4- Relating how we making attributions and biases in attributions in our relations with the everyday life situations
4- Comprehending gender differences in relationships. |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction of the course |
| 2. Week |
The Building Blocks of Relationships |
| 3. Week |
Attraction |
| 4. Week |
Social Cognition |
| 5. Week |
Communication |
| 6. Week |
Interdependency |
| 7. Week |
Friendship |
| 8. Week |
Love |
| 9. Week |
Stresses and Strains in Relationships |
| 10. Week |
Power in Relationships |
| 11. Week |
Conflict and Violence |
| 12. Week |
The Dissolution and Loss of Relationship |
| 13. Week |
Shyness and Loneliness |
| 14. Week |
Maintaining and Repearing Relationships |
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| Assessment |
| |
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 |
- Dönmez, A. (2010, çev. Editörü). Yakın İlişkiler Psikolojisi. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
- Miller, R.S., Perlman, D., & Brehm, S.S. (2007). Intimate Relationships. Boston: McGraw Hill. |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | LO2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | LO3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | LO4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |