COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5504 TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞÜHEDA ÖZBEN

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Course Objective

The prevention of traffic accident.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to analysis the psychology of drivers.
2   Awareness about road rage.
3   Learning of driver behavior modification techniques,
4   Learning about the rehabilitation of road traffic accidents,
5   To win traffic awareness, to contribute to the prevention of traffic accidents.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The goals of traffic psychology.
2 The principles of traffic psychology.
3 The origins of traffic psychology.
4 The need for traffic psychology.
5 The procedurs in traffic psychology.
6 Driving behaviors.
7 Road rage.
8 Mid-term exam.
9 Agressive driving.
10 Traffic safety
11 Driving education.
12 The private world of drivers: feelings.
13 Thoughts.
14 Life events and Actions
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kanfer,F.H. ve Arnold P. G.( 1986 ). Helping People Change, USA: Pergamon Pres Inc.
Leon J. (1997 ) . Traffic Psychology, Hawaii Üniversitesi.
Thompson, C. ve Linda .B. R. (1992), Counseling Children, California, Brooks/ Cole Publishing Company
Türk Psikoloji Bültenleri.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and seminar

Assessment Methods

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

suheda.ozben@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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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