COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLICATIONS OF OBSERVATION&INTERVIEWING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 3012 APPLICATIONS OF OBSERVATION&INTERVIEWING ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ELÇIN YORULMAZ

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to make students individual interview practices helping to acquire interview skills, preparation of the assessment report based on the interview, and going over the conducted interviews.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to apply basic interview and observation tecniques used in psychological assessment
2   Be able to apply the acquired therapeutic skills in interview process
3   Be able to make evaluation about the other observed interviews
4   Be able to make fomulation of the interviewee
5   Be able to prepare assessment report based on the interviews
6   Be able to apply ethical principles specific to interview process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and syllabus
2 major features of clinical interview
3 basics of assessment interview
4 therapeutic skills to be taken into account during assessment interview
5 writing reports of interview
6 practice of assessment interview and supervision
7 practice of assessment interview and supervision
8 practice of assessment interview and supervision
9 practice of assessment interview and supervision
10 practice of assessment interview and supervision
11 practice of assessment interview and supervision
12 practice of assessment interview and supervision
13 practice of assessment interview and supervision
14 practice of assessment interview and supervision

Recomended or Required Reading

Cansever, G. (1982). Klinik Psikolojide Uygulama Yöntemleri. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
F. Flanagan, J. S., & Flanagan, R. S. (çev.). (2015). Klinik Görüşme: Psikolojik Değerlendirme Esasları Ithaki: Istanbul.
Morrison, J. (1995). The First Interview Revised For DSM-IV. NewYork: The Guilford Press.
Egan, G. (çev.) (2011). Psikolojik Danışma Becerileri. Istanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları.
Hackney, H., & Cormier, S. (çev.) (2008). Psikolojik Danışma Ilke ve Teknikleri: Psikolojik Yardım Süreci El Kitabı. Ankara: Mentis yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Answer-question
Discussion
Observation and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm
2. Final exam

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-6: They will be evaluated by term paper/report and presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % attendance to the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Orçun Yorulmaz:
orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:30 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Final 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.155544355
LO.255535535
LO.35554455
LO.455555455
LO.55554545
LO.6555555