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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS PSI 3027 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

Presenting thought shcools, theories and research findings that play major role in devlopment of psychology as a scientific discipline, in terms of their chronological emergence

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire the chronological knowledge of how psychology have become an independent science 2   List the historical roots of current advances in psychology 3   Define the philosophical and social/economical/political basis of fundemental approaches in psychology 4   Define the connection between seemingly unrelated psychological views and studies 5   Evaluate critically when examining psychological issues 6   Evaluate critically when discussing psychological issues

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Approaches and methods in studying history of psychology 2 Philosophical effects on psychology (positivism, empricism ve materialism) 3 The effects of developments of Physiology on psychology (Wundt and Ebbinghaus) 4 Structuralism (Titchener) 5 Functionalism (Evolution Theory and Galton s views) 6 Functionalism (Spencer, James, Dewey and the others) 7 Functionalism today: Applied psychology 8 Initials of behavioralism (Pavlov and Thorndike) 9 Behavioralism (Watson and Tolman) 10 Behavioralism (Watson and Tolman) 11 Gestalt Psychology (Wertheimer, Köhler, Koffka) 12 Humanistic psychology 13 Cognitive psychology 14 Cognitive psychology

Recomended or Required Reading

Schultz, D.P. & Schultz, S.E. (2001). Modern Psikoloji Tarihi (Çev. Y. Aslay). Istanbul: Kaktüs Yayınları 2 Jones, D. & Elcock, J. (2001). History and Theories of Psychology: A Critical Perspective. London: Oxford University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

Midterm, final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % participation is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Room: 418 Tel: 18635

Office Hours

Tuesday between 13:30 and 16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 12 12 Reading 1 12 12 Final 1 4 4 Midterm 1 4 4 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

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 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 LO.2 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 LO.3 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 LO.6 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 5