COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROUP DYNAMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5059 GROUP DYNAMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

During the course social identities, in-group and intergroup phenomenons are scrutinized. The course aims students to gain skills to evaluate psychological dimensions of real world events such as small group life to large scale intergroup affairs (e.g. wars).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifiying the concepts related to social identities, in and intergroup events
2   Having large knowledge about the social psychological theories on social identities and groups
3   Being able to plan research on social identities and in-inter group events
4   Being able to analyse real word events in the light of the psychological theories
5   Being able to evaluate intergroup relationships on the emic-ethic dimension
6   Using appropriate methods in evaluating group phenomenons
7   Being able to analyse the relationship between the individual and the group

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Social group formation and the short history of group studies in psychology
2 Social norms and functions
3 Theory of realistic group conflict (M. Sherif)
4 Social Identity Theory (H. Tajfel)
5 Self Categorization Theory (J. Turner)
6 System Justification Teory
7 Terror Management Theory
8 Intergroup conflicts
9 Intergroup conflicts
10 Intergroup conflicts
11 Ingroup processes, social networks, individual group members' behavior
12 Ingroup processes, social networks, individual group members' behavior
13 Ingroup processes, social networks, individual group members' behavior
14 Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Postmes, T., ve Bronscombe, N.R. (2010). Rediscovering social identity. New York:
Psychology Press.
Bilgin, N. (2001). Insan ilişkileri ve kimlik. Istanbul: Sistem.
Hogg, M.A., ve Abrams, D. (1988). Social identifications: A social psychology of
intergroup relations and group processes. London: Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching, sample case presantation, group 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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assignments, presentation and final exam.

Assessment Criteria

Exams, presentations, participation to discussions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student must attend at least 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Abbas Türnüklü
abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr
0 232 4204882 - 1644

Office Hours

Wed: 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 5 10 50
Final 1 40 40
Reading 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.154
LO.25
LO.353
LO.455
LO.55
LO.654
LO.745

CONTACT INFORMATION
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