COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIT 5119 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Hermeneutics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET SÜHEYL ÜNAL

Offered to

Hermeneutics

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to make the students understand human behavior and its reasons in social environment but at individual level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gains experience of exploring the motives underlies human attitudes and behaviors within individual s own meaning system.
2   Learns to apprehend and explain the ways of being affected of individuals thoughts, emotions, and behaviors from social environment.
3   Analyzes the active elements about similarities and differences of individuals attitudes and behaviors in social structures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Description and field of social psychology, Social psychology in Turkiye
2 Method and cases in social psychological studies
3 Experiments on behaviors of social impact and adaptation
4 Attitude: Description, elements, and characteristics. Measurement of attitudes (Attitude Scales: Thurston, Likert, and Guttman)
5 Theoretical approachs to the change of attitudes
6 The relationship between attitude and behavior
7 Communication and propaganda
8 Group structures and dynamics, The impact of group on individual
9 Socialization, culture, and personality. Development of moral attitudes
10 The relationship between personality and culture. Social change and personality change
11 Social change and personality change
12 Evaluation of social psychological studies performed in Turkiye
13 A case study from everyday life
14 A case study from everyday life

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary References:
1. Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, Günümüzde Insan ve Insanlar Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş,Evrim Y.,Istanbul 2010.
2. Elliot Aronson vd.,Sosyal Psikoloji, Kaknüs Y.,Istanbul 2012.
3. Salih Güney,Sosyal Psikoloji,Nobel Y.,Istanbul 2012.
4. David Krech & Richard Crutchfield, Sosyal Psikoloji, çev. Erol Güngör, Ötüken Yay., Istanbul 2007.
Secondary Reference:
1. Alain Coulon, Etnometodoloji, Küre Yay., Istanbul 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Telling, Question&Answer, Discussion, Case study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

Besides the questions testing if the students have learnt the knowledge they must have learnt, there will be classic questions which are intended to increase their power of interpretation.

Assessment Criteria

The success of students is being evaluated based on their performance at midterm exam, final exam, and course achievement.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suheyl.unal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.123
LO.223
LO.323

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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