COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAIN ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5221 MAIN ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RECEP YAPAREL

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

This course is aimed to help in the process can be understood to people of the students and in order to explain and to understanding of human behavior and actions the basic psychological process (learning, motivation, sensation, perception, memory, etc.).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students understand the basic concepts (cognitive, affective, and behavioral ) of human and personality
2   Students explain to the basic concepts (cognitive, affective, and behavioral ) of human and personality
3   Thinks of major psychologists to learn and comprehend to main approaches in the psychology
4   Describes the historical development of psychology
5   Evaluates the research methods in psychology
6   Give examples of practicing psychology 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 What is psychology and fields of psychology
2 Approaches in the psychology
3 Research methods in psychology
4 The importance of psychology in human life
5 Behaviour and its biological bases
6 Sense and perception
7 Process of learning
8 Midterm Exam
9 Memory
10 Motivate
11 Sensation
12 Stress, fear and anxiety
13 Social psychology and Personality
14 Psychological diseases

Recomended or Required Reading

1. D. Cüceloğlu, Insan ve Davranışı, Remzi Kitabevi;
2. R.d Plutnik, Psikolojiye Giriş, Kaknüs yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face lecturing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recep.yaparel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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