COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RPD 2008 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HATICE ZEKAVET KABASAKAL

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

To learn the definition of Social Psychology and its research areas, to learn the cultural and social aspects of human behavior, human attitudes

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   . To know the definition of social psychology, its method and historical development
2   . To know historical development of social psychology
3   To know the attitudes of people and its change
4   To learn social cognition and its issues
5   To learn social perception and its issues

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Social Psychology and its fields
2 Research methods of Social Psychology
3 Socialization
4 Social Effect
5 Social Perception and Cognition
6 Attitudes
7 Theoretical approach of attitudes change
8 Midterm
9 Measurement of attitudes
10 Communication and propaganda
11 Group structure
12 Group Dynamics
13 Culture and self
14 Culture and self
15 final

Recomended or Required Reading

Baron, Robert A. ve Donn Byrne.(2000) Social psychology. Boston : Allyn and Bacon. Bilgin,N. (1995).Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş. Izmir: Izmir Kitaplığı.
Feldman, Robert S.(1998). Social psychology. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, Franzoi, S. L. (2003). Social Psychology, Boston: McGraw-Hill. Freedman, J.L., D.O. Sears, J.M. Carlsmith. (2003) Sosyal Psikoloji, Çev. A. Dönmez, Ankara: Imge Kitabevi. Kağıtçıbaşı Ç.(1998) Yeni Insan ve Insanlar, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explanation, Discussion, Questions and answers

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zekavet.kabasakal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.125552554535
LO.235552554254
LO.325552554535
LO.423442524454
LO.521352454343