COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6021 CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ARZU ARAZ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to investigate the role of culture on the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of psychological disorders. Furthermore, different cross cultural perspectives on mental disorders, culture bound syndromes, and the changes in understanding of mental disorders through history will be explored in this course. In addition, psychological health and adjustment of minority groups (immigrants, refugees, ethnic and cultural minorities, and etc.) will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define cultural and cross-cultural psychology.
2   Recognize about cross cultural variations
3   Investigate ethnocentric thinking, thinking biases and stereotypes.
4   Recognize culture specific psychopathologies
5   Apply methodology of cross cultural psychology research.
6   Identify the factors related to the mental health of special groups such as refugees and immigrants

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding cultural and crosscultural psychology
2 Methodology of cultural and cross-cultural research
3 Critical Thinking in Cross-Cultural Psychology
4 Cognition, Sensation, Perception, and States of Consciousness
5 Intelligence
6 Emotion
7 Motivation and Behavior
8 Psychological disorders
9 Migration, acculturation, adjustment
10 Turkish migration Migration to Turkey
11 Minorities and Minority Psychology
12 Experiences of Refugees and Traumatization
13 Presentation
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Shiraev, E. & Levy David (2007). Crosscultural Psychology, 3rd Edition. Boston: Pearson Education.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
Abadan-Unat, N. (2006). Bitmeyen Göç, 2nd. Edition. Istanbul, Bilgi University Press
der Veer (1998). Counselling and Theraapy with Refugees and Victims of Trauma, 2nd Edition. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Selected articles, chapters, presentations.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Questions-Answers
Homework
Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2: Assessed with Midterm exam
LO 3-5: Assessed with homework/report, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

olga.hunler@ieu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On an advance appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 50 50
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Reading 3 1 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 228

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1545
LO.2555
LO.355445
LO.45555
LO.5555545
LO.65555

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