COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EMOTIONS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6071 EMOTIONS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course to present the students frequently encountered emotional changes in psychological disorders; examine informations and findings about origins, effects and results of emotions and basic emotions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to compherend various theories are related to emotions.
2   To be able to discuss biological and cognitive fundamentals of emotions.
3   To be able to list emotion regulation methods
4   To be able to interpret emotions roles in psychological disorders
5   To be able to classify emotions with literature findings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Emotions Definition, Components and Theories early period theories.
2 Different Approaches and Theories related to emotions
3 Biological Foundations of Emotions
4 Cognitive Foundations of Emotions
5 Developmental Overview of emotions and attachment
6 Emotion Regulation
7 The Role of Emotions in Psychopathology
8 Fear-Anxiety
9 Depressive symptomatology
10 Anger
11 Happiness
12 Disgusting
13 Complex Emotions
14 Emotions and Culture

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Dalgeish, T., & POWER, M. (2000). Cognition And Emotion
2) Strongman, K. T. (2003). Psychology Of Emotion. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
3) Gross, J. J. (2007). Handbook Of Emotion Regulation. New York: Guilford Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Question-Answer
Literature Review
Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: Assess with mid-term exam questions.
LO 4-5: Assess with term paper and presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 27 27
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.155555
LO.25555
LO.3555
LO.455555
LO.5555