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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PSI 4066	PSYCHOLOGY OF POPULAR CULTURE*	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ÖMER KÜLHANCI

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to outline the current research methods in social and personality and developmental psychology when conducting research conducted on pop culture.
2	To be able to describe and summarize how human behaviours are displayed in popular culture elements, such as movies, books, and social media.
3	To be able to identify and differentiate the different approaches to the same human behaviour in varying popular culture outlets.
4	To be able to illustrate the knowledge in theories of psychology as a tool for understanding how human behaviours emerge and develop.
5	To be able to debate the ways race, gender stereotypes and perceptions of gender roles influence the development of human behaviours.
6	To be able to appraise how art pieces set the social context in human behaviour developed by the important research themes in psychology, such as mental health, gender, self, personality, and identity.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction	The Foundations of Human Psyche in Music
2	Theories To Explore Pop Culture	The Internet: Direct and Indirect Means of Cultural Consumption
3	The Cultural Nature of Human Development	General Discussion: The Future of Popular Culture
4	Means of Pop Culture: Concepts	Exam
5	Children s Culture
6	Identity Development: Child Rearing
7	Peer Culture: The Emergence of Pop Culture
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	The Foundations of Human Psyche in Literature
10	The Foundations of Human Psyche in Movies

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Textbook(s):
1. Barbara Rogoff. The Cultural Nature of Human Development. Oxford University Press, 2003.
2. Chen, X., French, D. C., & Schneider, B. H. (Eds.). Peer relationships in cultural context. Cambridge studies in social and emotional development. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
3. Skip Dine Young. Psychology at the Movies. 1st ed. Wiley, 2012.
Supplementary Book(s):
4. Eisenberg, N., Damon, W., & Lerner, R. M. (Eds.) Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 3, Social, emotional, and personality development (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2006.
5. Marc Slavin. Metaphor and Imaginal Psychology: A Hermetic Reflection (1st ed.). Routledge, 2017.
6. Rowland, Susan. Remembering Dionysus. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2016.
7. Storey, John. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. 9th ed. Taylor and Francis, 2021.
8. Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media. 1st ed. SAGE Publications, 2006.
9. Rogoff, B. Developing destinies: A Mayan midwife and town. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

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	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

In total, one midterm and one final will be conducted. There will be multiple selection, short answer and open-ended questions in the levels of wide range of knowledge, comprehension, analysis, interpretation and synthesis for all exams.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omer.kulhanci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wedneseday 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	4	56
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	1	5	5
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	5	5	5	4	4		4		4
LO.2	5	5	5	4	4		4		4
LO.3	5	5	5	4	4		4		4
LO.4				5	5	5	5			4	4
LO.5	4		4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
LO.6

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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