COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PERSONALITY THEORIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 2012 PERSONALITY THEORIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ORÇUN YORULMAZ

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine basic concepts in personality and introduce various personality theories comparatively to students

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to describe personality including its history
2   Able to discuss descriptions of personality theories and their basic characteristics
3   Able to to compare various theories of personality
4   Able to exemplify hypotheses of personality theories
5   Able to observe examples of personality theories 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 of the course, its requisites and content
2 Research methods in personality
3 Classical psychoanaltyical approach
4 Classical psychoanaltyical approach
5 Approaches of Adler and Jung
6 Approaches of Erik Erikson and Karen Horney
7 Approaches of Sullivan and Fromm
8 Trait approach
9 Biological approach
10 Humanistic approach
11 Behavioral/Social Learning approach
12 Cognitive approach
13 Case analyses
14 Case analyses and review

Recomended or Required Reading

Burger, J. M. (2006). Kişilik. (I. D. Erguvan-Sarıoğlu, Çev.). Istanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi 2004.)
Gençtan, E., (2008). Psikanaliz ve Sonrası, Metis Yayınları, 13. Basım, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Question-answer
Homework
Disucssion

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-2: will be xamined via midterm exam
LO3-5: will be examined via homework, presentation and final exam

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 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 2 9 18
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15544
LO.245544
LO.34554
LO.4454554
LO.5454554