COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0037 PSYCHOLOGY I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ADVIYE ESIN YILMAZ

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 examine main concepts related to basic psychology approaches, scientific method and research, learning and classical conditioning, operant conditioning, motivation, cognitive, emotional and social developments in infants, children and adolescents.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe basic concepts in relation to psychology.
2   Being able to describe basic theories in relation to psychology.
3   Being able to summarize basic principles in relation to different subfields of psychology discipline.
4   Being able to explain the relationships between different subfields of psychology and other related disciplines.
5   Being able to compare the differences and similarities between psychology and other disciplines.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of psychology, basic approaches in psychology
2 Definition of psychology, basic approaches in psychology
3 Scientific method in psychology
4 Scientific method in psychology
5 Learning and classicasl conditioning
6 Learning and classicasl conditioning
7 Operant conditioning and cognitive approaches
8 Operant conditioning and cognitive approaches
9 Motivation
10 Motivation
11 Infancy and childhood
12 Infancy and childhood
13 Adolescence and adulthood
14 Adolescence and adulthood

Recomended or Required Reading

Plotnik, R. (2009). Introduction to Psychology. Istanbul: Kaknüs Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Answer-Question
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1,2,3,4,5: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm and final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esin.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays, 14:00-15:00

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 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 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.131
LO.221
LO.321
LO.421
LO.511

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