COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6120 NEW APPROACHES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

To acquire awareness of the new schools, perspectives, and methodologies in social psychological studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquiring awareness of new schools, perspectives, and methodologies in social psychology
2   Having knowledge of the historical roots of new schools, perspectives, and methodologies in social psychology
3   Having knowledge of the philosophical roots of new schools, perspectives, and methodologies in social psychology
4   Understanding the differences and similarities between old and new perspectives
5   Acquiring a holistic understanding on what social psychology tries to do
6   Being able to make scientific contributions to the development in the field within the scope of new schools, perspectives and methods in social psychology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 The philosophical bases of modern social psychology
3 The historical overview of mainstream social psychology
4 The beginning of the critics towards mainstream social psychology
5 Social Constructionism (Berger and Luckman)
6 Critical realism (Bashkar)
7 Critical realism in social Psychology
8 Social Constructionism in post-modern era (Gergen)
9 Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism
10 Presentations
11 Presentations
12 Presentations
13 Presentations
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (1966, Thomas Luckmann ile birlikte)
Gergen, (1985) Social Constructionist movement in modern psychology, American Psychologist, 40 (3). 266-275
Critical realism (1998)(edited by R. Bashkar, A. Collier, T. Lawson)
Bhaskar, R.A. et al. 2008, The formation of critical realism : a personal perspective. London ; New York : Routledge.
Parker, I. (1989). The Crisis in Modern Social Psychology, and how to end it, London and New York: Routledge
Parker, I. (2003) `Psychology is so critical, only Marxism can save us now
Parker, I., ed. (1998). Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism. London: Sage.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Questions-Answers
Homework
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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm
2. Assignment
3. Final

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2: Assessed with Midterm exam
LO 3-5: Assessed with homework/report, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.akfirat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14:00-15:00

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
Reading 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1454554
LO.2454554
LO.3544455
LO.4544455
LO.5545455
LO.6554445

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