COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 3025 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 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 examine the concepts of mental process, physiological process, behaviours and health and the relationship between all of them and also to learn how these concepts are investigated scientifically . Learning the role and tasks of health psychologists and understanding the role of enviromental, social, psychological factors on the health, illness and pain are specifically other aims of the course. In addition, the course also gives information about the various theories related to helath psychology how these theories explain the health and illness behaviours.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about history, goals, focus and the future of health psychology
2   Be able to list the main theories of health psychology.
3   Be able to explain the relations of stress and health
4   Be able to assess the role of coping with stress in the relationship between stress and health
5   Be able to explain the role of psychosocial factors on the initiative, treatment and outcomes of current frequent illness.
6   Be able to discuss the role of beliefs, bahaviours and attitude on the health and illness behaviours.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing of lecture
2 Introduction to health pscyhology
3 Health Beliefs
4 Addictive Behavior
5 Eating Behavior
6 Health promotion; changing the health behaviours.
7 Midterm
8 Ilness perception
9 Stress and health
10 Pain and placebo effect
11 HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness
12 Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness
13 Presentation
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ogden, J. (2012). Health Psychology: A Textbook. (5th ed.). Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.

2 Okyayuz, Ü. H. (Ed.) (1999). Sağlık Psikolojisi. Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-question
Homework
Discussion

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 * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm examination.
LO 5-6: They will be evaluated by term paper/report, presentation, 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

Friday 09:25-12:00

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 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
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.14445545
LO.25555545
LO.35454545
LO.44445545
LO.55554545
LO.644555554

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