PSİ520


Course Title Course Code Program Level
Special Topics in Social Psychology II PSİ520 Psychology (Thesis) M.A / M.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
02
(Spring)
42 133 175 3 8

Teaching Staff Prof. Dr. Orhan Aydın
Language of Instruction Türkçe (Turkish)
Type Of Course Compulsory
Prerequisites None
Recommended Optional Programme Component
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.
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
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 30
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 50
Other (%) 20
Total(%) 100
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)
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