COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0036 PSYCHOLOGY II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ORÇUN YORULMAZ

Offered to

American Culture and Literature
Archeology
Museology
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
Sociology
Philosophy
Linguistics
History
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
History
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the science of psychology for those students who are interested in this discpline and to present basic information and thus awareness about theoretical approaches, study subjects, scientific research methods and applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to comprehend scientific approach valid for various study subjects in psychology
2   Able to describe basic theoretical approaches
3   Able to list various sub areas of psychology
4   Able to distinugish basic study subjects of sub areas of psychology
5   Able to exemplify critical subjects in daily life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course, requisites and materials
2 Sleep and dreams
3 Intelligence
4 Emotions
5 Psychoanalysis
6 Humanistic Appraoch
7 Social-Cognitive approach
8 Trait approach
9 Healt and stress
10 Stress and Coping
11 Assesment
12 Anxiety Disorders
13 Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia
14 Therapies, reivew and examples of applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Morris, C. G. (2002). Psikolojiyi anlamak (Çev. Ed. H. B. Ayvaşık ve M. Sayıl). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.
Plotnik, R. (2009). Psikolojiye Giriş (Çev. Ed.: S. D. Çiftçi). Istanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Question-asnwer
Homework
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

LO 1-2 will be examined via midterm
LO 3-5 will be examined via homework and final exam

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:30-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55