COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5087 HISTORY OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to comprehend the historical and social roots of social psychological theories and approaches and discussions between them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the social and historical background of current social psychological theories
2   To comprehend the basic debate issues in the dicipline based on their historical development
3   To infere the philosophical roots of current theories
4   To discuss the relationship between social psychology and the other related social disciplines
5   To compare the views of the dominant and critical paradigm in social psychology.
6   To criticize racist, sexist and all kinds of discriminatory policies in social psychological analysis.

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 history of social psychology
2 Formation of social psychology as a natural and social science in Germany
3 Crowd psychology
4 GH Mead as a philosopher and social psychologist
5 The dominance of positivist/behaviorist approach in social psychology
6 Some exceptions: Muzaffer Sherif
7 Some exceptions: Solomon Asch
8 The 1970's crises in social psychology
9 The 1970's crises in social psychology
10 Social identity / self categorization theory
11 Social contructionism in social psychology
12 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

McGarty, C. & Haslam, A. (1997). The massage of social psychology. London:Blackwell
Farr, R. (1996). The roots of modern social psychology.London:BlackwellRodriges,
A. Levine, R. (1999). Reflections on 100 years of experimental social psychology.Newyok:BasicBooks.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presantations by the students and lecturer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ* 0.40 + PAR* 0.10 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Academic presantations and assignments

Assessment Criteria

Lecturing, student presentations, inclass discussions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student must at least 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Serap Akfırat
serap.akfırat@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 18635

Office Hours

Friday: 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15544
LO.25544
LO.35544
LO.45544
LO.55544
LO.65545