COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5103 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course are: to help students in gaining theoretical knowledge that may support them to understand and explain the process related to social relations in which people are having experiences, because of that those people have to live in a society or in a group as much as they have to live in inter-groups or inter-personal levels; from those knowledge that have given them, to help students in thinking on all kind of social events and facts (such as human relation, advertisings, working life, political lives, negotiations and conflicts between groups ) and to help them in producing suitable solutions and views towards these solutions for problems if they happen; and make them feel responsible, sensitive about these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, will be able to understand social relations in the society s/he is in.
2   Student, will be able to explain social relations in the society s/he is in.
3   They will be able to use theoretical knowledge for every relation in social life.
4   They will be able to come with solutions for the problems that s/he had faced in social life.
5   They will have theoretical knowledge of how to practice conflict solution in inter-groups and inter-persons problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is social psychology
2 Methodology.
3 Socialization and social effect
4 Social perception
5 Theoretical perspective of the term attitude
6 Changing attitudes
7 Social effects and compliance
8 Social Interaction
9 Love and attraction.
10 Attribution theory
11 Altruism and aggression
12 Structure of group and leadership.
13 Dynamics of group
14 Communication, propaganda, culture and selfhood.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. En Güzel Psikoloji Sosyal Psikoloji, Yaz: Nuran HORTAÇSU, Imge Yayınları, 2012.
2. Sosyal Psikoloji, Michael A. Hogg & Graham M. Vaughan, Çev. Ibrahim Yıldız, Ütopya Yay. 2021.
3. Yeni Insan ve Insanlar (Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş), Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, Evrim
Yayınları, 1999-Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face lecturing

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14345
LO.24345
LO.34345
LO.44345
LO.54345

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