COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 6130 THE DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RENGIN KARACA

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Learning the basic areas of personality and its place in counseling

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The development of the personality
2   The Childhood and adolesences
3   The insolved unconscious conflicts
4   Abnormal behavior
5   The ways of prevention and solution for the abnormal behavior

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition and historical background of personality, evaluation
2 Personality structure
3 Heredity and environment, cultural and social molds
4 The denominators of personality
5 Nuclear conflicts
6 The effects of the first years
7 Preschool years
8 Midterm
9 Early childhood years
10 Adolescence
11 Unresolved childhood conflicts
12 Personality disorders
13 The coping mechanisms
14 Discussion and evaluation of the content of the course
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

The Dynamics of Personality
Lewis R. Wolberg, M.D., John P. Kıldahl, Ph.D., Grune and Stratton, Inc, New York

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and seminar, question-answer, lecture, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

homework and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

rengin.akboy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

thursday 12:30

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 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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