COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY II *

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 2018 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY II * COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

Acquiring insights on how individuals are influenced from the others and from the social life as a whole, and acquiring insights on how social life is influenced from individuals and from interactions between them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to describe basic concepts and identify theoretical approaches in social psychology
2   Define research methods in social psychology
3   Explain realize social psychological processes behind individual's behaviors and social phenomenons
4   Describe everday events with social psychological concepts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing the course content
2 Attitudes and their measurements
3 Theories of attitude change
4 Interpersonal relationships: historical overview
5 Social groups
6 In-Group processes: norm formation and functions
7 In-Group processes: minority effect, power and status differences between group members
8 Intergroup processes: Real conflict theory
9 Intergroup processes: Social identity theory
10 Intergroup processes: Self-categorization theory
11 Intergroup processes: Self-categorization theory
12 Intergroup processes: conflicts between real world groups
13 Social change
14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (2008). Günümüzde Insan ve Insanlar
Bilgin, N. (2000). Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş. Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Taylor, Peplau ve Sears. (2007). Sosyal Psikoloji, Imge.
Hogg ve Vaughan. (2006). Sosyal Psikoloji, Ütopya.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussing

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, final

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Room: 418
Tel: 18635

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Reading 2 15 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
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