COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

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   Able to comprehend ethical principles in scientific researches
3   Able to exemplify ethical principles in various professional areas
4   Able to disucss ethical rules in various subfileds and administrations
5   Able to provide solutions different ethical dilemmas
6   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
2 Definition of professional ethics and Ethical regulations of American Psychologist Association Ethical regulations of Turkish Psychologist Association
3 General Ethical Concepts Applicable to All Psychologist
4 Ethical Decision Making
5 Ethics in Psychological Assessment
6 Ethics in Psychotherapy
7 Therapy in the Digital World: Ethical Challenges of New Technologies
8 Sexual Relationships with Clients, Non-Sexual Multiple Relationships and Other Border Issues
9 Culture, Context and Individual Differences Competence in Therapies with Minorities
10 Ethics in Risky Behavior and Disaster Areas
11 Ethics in Research and Publishing Ethics in Education, Teaching and Supervision
12 Forensic Psychology and Ethics
13 Ethics in Developmental and Industrial and Organizational Psychology
14 Examples of ethical dilemmas and solutions and review

Recomended or Required Reading

Nagy, T. F. (2020). Psikologlar için temel meslek etiği Temel konuları anlamak ve üstesinden gelmek için bir el kitabı (çev. H. Gündüz, çev. ed. I. Dağ). Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.
Pope, K. S. ve Vasquez, M. J. T. (2016). Psikoterapi ve Danışmanlıkta Etik: Uygulama için Bir Kılavuz. (çev. ed. M. Akhun, Y. Korkut ve I. Dağ). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.
Knapp, S. J. ve VandeCreek, L. D. (2010). Psikologlar için pratik etik: Pozitif yaklaşım (çev. M. Yılmaz, T. F. Karahan, S. Balcı Çelik ve M. E. Sardoğan). Ankara: Mentis Yayıncılık.

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-6: will be examined via midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the courses is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulay.dirik@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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
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
LO.65554445