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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PSI 4048	PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5

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

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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