COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIAL COGNITION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5084 FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIAL COGNITION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEREN HIDIROĞLU ONGUN

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The main focus of the course is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the principles of social cognition. This class will examine the social cognitive mechanisms, how they lead to behaviors, social cognitive dysfunctions associated with specific disorders, its relation to other cognitive functions and theories about social cognition. This course will also focus on the brain areas underlying social cognition and neuropsychological tests used in the assessment of social cognitive functions.
The class sessions will be also devoted to a discussion of a set of recent articles related to the social cognition.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to define key terms, concepts and theories in social cognition
2   To be able to have knowledge of social cognitive mechanisms and its relation to other cognitive functions
3   Will be able to explain social cognitive functions and to describe social cognitive dysfunctions associated with specific disorders
4   To be able to define social cognitive functions of the brain and neural basis of social cognitive ability
5   Will be able to define and apply neuropsychological tests used to assess social cognition
6   To be able to present their research ideas effectively and acquire specific skills for research in social cognition
7   To be able to have knowledge of current topics and follow recent researches in social cognition.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts in Social Cognition
2 Dual Modes in Social Cognition
3 Attention and Encoding
4 Representation in Memory
5 Understanding Individual Selves and Others Self in Social Cognition
6 Attribution processes Heuristics and Shortcuts: Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making
7 Homework: short paper
8 Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Interference Making Sense of Society
9 Cognitive Structures of Attitudes Cognitive Processing of Attitudes
10 Homework/presentation
11 Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias
12 Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases
13 Beyond Social Cognition: Affect and Behavior From Social Cognition to Affect
14 From Affect to Social Cognition

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fiske & Taylor s (2008) Social cognition: From Brains to Culture (McGraw Hill)
2. Original research articles and/or key chapters for each of the topics covered.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics will be contentiously examined by instructor as a moderator and active participation of students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Homework Assignments (%30), Presentation (%30) and Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

In total, one final and two homework (one of it will be presentation) will be conducted. There will be open-ended questions in the levels of information, comprehension, analysis, interpretation and synthesis for all exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student must attent at least 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Inci Boyacıoğlu Bal
e-mail:inci.boyacioglu

Office Hours

Wed: 13:30-14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 28 28
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.155544
LO.255544
LO.355544
LO.4555
LO.544555
LO.6555555
LO.7455555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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