COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL FACTORS IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5053 CULTURAL FACTORS IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ORÇUN YORULMAZ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to describe areas under Applied Psychology, examine scientific approaches and research, basic concepts, cross-cultural similarities and differences, investigate and discuss culture-specific assessment, contemporary empirical findings

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to describe areas under Applied Psychology, their basic subjects and culture
2   Able to comprehend impact of cultural patterns mainly in clinical psychology
3   Able to discuss methods of scientific research and methods in this area
4   Able to examine similarities and differences in scientific findings in cross-cultural context
5   Able to make comments and adapt research findings when considering culture-free and culture-specific factors
6   Able to identify the effects of culture-specific conditions on mental disorders

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course, informing nature and requisites of the course and introduction of applied psychology
2 Culture and cross-cultural psychology
3 Research methods for culture
4 Culture, stress and illness
5 Cultural change, immigration and acculturation
6 Culture, abnormal behaviour and mental health
7 Social factors and mental health
8 Psychological assessment and culture
9 Psychopathology and culture
10 Psychopathology and culture (continuing)
11 Psychopathology and culture (continuing)
12 Psychotherapy and culture
13 Emotions and expressed emotion
14 Religion and religiosity

Recomended or Required Reading

Kitayama, S. & Cohen, D. (2007). Handbook of Cultural Psychology. New York: The Guildford Press.
Bhugra, D. & Bhui, K. (2007). Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (200). Kültürel Psikoloji Kültür Bağlamında Insan Ve Aile. Istanbul: Evrim Yayınları.
Tseng, W. (2003). Clinician s Guide to Cultural Psychiatry. San Diego: Academic Press.
Cuellar, I. & Paniagua, H. A. (2000). Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health. San Diego: Academic Press.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exam, presentations, assignments and final exam

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: Assessed with Midterm exam
LO 4-6: Assessed with homework/report, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent of attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Orçun Yorulmaz
orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.30-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15445
LO.245
LO.3555
LO.44
LO.54455
LO.64455

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