COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY*

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 4002 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY* 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 review role, duties and responsibility of psychologists working in different areas, to examine possible ethical dilemmas and solutions, to dicsuss proffesional ethical regulations and to exemplify ethical decision making

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to comprehend professional ethical principles
2   Abel to exemplify ethical principles in various professional areas
3   Able to disucss ethical rules in various subfileds and administrations
4   Able to provide solutions different ethical dilemmas
5   Able to form activity and intervention plans for ethical problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course and definition of professional ethics
2 Ethical regulations of American Psychologist Association
3 Ethical regulations of Turkish Psychologist Association
4 Roles, duties and responbility of psychlogist
5 Ethical decision making
6 Professional comptency and limits
7 Ethics in scientific research
8 Ethics in psychotherapy and psychlogical assessment
9 Ethics in industiral and organizational psychology
10 Ethics in education
11 Ethics in risky behavior
12 Examples of ethical dilemmas and solutions
13 Examples of ethical dilemmas and solutions
14 Examples of ethical dilemmas and solutions and review

Recomended or Required Reading

Knapp, S. J., & Vandecreek, L. D. (2010). Psikologlar Için Mesleki Etik. Ankara: Mentis Yayıncılık.
Türk Psikologlar Derneği Etik Yönetmeliği (2004). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.
Bilimsel Araştırmada Etik ve Sorunlar (2002). Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayınları, Ankara.
Ford, G. G. (2000). Ethical Reasoning In The Mental Health Professions. New York: CRC Press.
Bersoff, D. N. (2006). Ethical Conflicts In Psychology. Washignton: American Psychological Association.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Question-answer
Presentation
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

LO1-3: will be examined via midterm
LO4-5: will be examined via homework, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr
esin.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 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 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14555
LO.25455
LO.354455
LO.454455
LO.554455

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