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| Unit | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION |
| JOURNALISM PR. | |
| Code | GZT109 |
| Name | Introduction to Psychology |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Semester | 1. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. Zeynep ÖZARSLAN |
| Course Instructor |
Doç. Dr. EGEMEN HANIMOĞLU
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
The general aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic concepts mentioned in the course definition, as well as to create a general understanding of psychological research, basic theories and applications in the field.
Course Content
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the human mind and the understanding of human behavior. For the purposes of this course, psychological concepts such as development, emotion, memory, nervous system and genetics, gender, ethics, disorders and treatments ... will be discussed.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Explains basic concepts and principals of Psychology |
| LO02 | Explains the developmental characteristics of the individual and the factors that affect this development |
| LO03 | Examines and evaluates problems in everyday life from the point of philosophy, sociology and psychology |
| LO04 | Explains basics of history of psychological and related teories |
| LO05 | Gains familiarity with the importance of ethics concept in social sciences |
| LO06 | Explains scientific research methods and techniques |
| LO07 | Explains how to begin and maintain psychological counseling process |
| LO08 | Explains how the human brain works, what genetic factors are and their effects on human behavior |
| LO09 | Describe the individual's development from childhood to old age |
| LO10 | Explain emotional differences and perceptional changes |
| LO11 | Implement ideas on basic motivational theories |
| LO12 | Acknowledges individuals with normal and abnormal characteristics |
| LO13 | Consider different treatment methods that can be applied to individuals with abnormal characteristics |
| LO14 | Have awareness about interpersonal sensitivity, social processes and problems |
| LO15 | Develops insight and is open to learning and development |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Knows theoretical approaches in the field of media and communication, and gains ability of development of new approaches in these fields | 4 |
| PLO02 | - | Knows communication models, and interpreting these models in terms of sociology, psychology, economics etc., puts particular contributions to these models | 3 |
| PLO03 | - | Gains competent, mainly in social and humanities sciences, in some kind of sciences, does multidisciplinary science research, and analyses these kinds of studies/research | 5 |
| PLO04 | - | Recognizing news production models, leads to new models and approaches. | 3 |
| PLO05 | - | Protuces, edits and directs news/reporting in any kind of media (newspaper, magazine, web site, radia, television etc.). | 1 |
| PLO06 | - | Takes photograph, mainly in the field of press photo, in some kind of photography fields | 0 |
| PLO07 | - | Uses communication technologies effectively, and gains production ability of appropriate contents for increasingly developing new communication technologies | 0 |
| PLO08 | - | Works as press adviser, communication coordinator and maneger, and so on in some state and private institutions | 4 |
| PLO09 | - | Learning relevant concepts and notions of, notably in journalism field, communication and mess media, make some contributions to these fields as new concepts and notions | 5 |
| PLO10 | - | Reaches at a consciousness level in which synthesises society, culture and communication concepts each other | 5 |
| PLO11 | - | Gains empathy ability to recognize both individual and societal processes | 4 |
| PLO12 | - | Getting effective communication ability, learns basic dynamics of communication processes, and goes into action in this direction | 4 |
| PLO13 | - | Evaluating contents of media organisations, finds out actual issues and lacks, and has a part to come over these problems | 3 |
| PLO14 | - | Supports peace and consensus of a society, and taking over a mediator mechanism role in any conflicts, sees communication right as primary, and tries to figure out the issues in peaceful and humanitarian ways | 5 |
| PLO15 | - | Works in any national and international medya organisations such as newspaper, magazine, web site, radio, television etc | 3 |
| PLO16 | - | Together with gaining individual/free working ability, be able to be a part of any kind of collective institutions, and be successful to adapts to grups | 5 |
| PLO17 | - | Has self-confidence both to decision making and to participate in decision making process, and takes responsibility while any issue occured | 4 |
| PLO18 | - | Recognizes new missions and works easly, and easly adapts to new trends and movements in the developing and changing world and professional life. | 4 |
| PLO19 | - | Tends to events by professional ways, and considering rational mind and knowledge, tries to figure out issues and facts on the line of scientific | 4 |
| PLO20 | - | Has an high conciseness on society and collectivism, and as be able to be successful in personal life, takes the responsibilities belonging to himself/herself in a social system. | 5 |
| PLO21 | - | Approaches to personal, interpersonal and mess communication processes, knowing what communication and its aims are; and takes an opinion leader role in the communication processes. | 5 |
| PLO22 | - | Lerans a foreign language, at least, at a good level, and in the international area, participates in news/reporting flows and so on. | 0 |
| PLO23 | - | Grasps the field of media and communication, and making in his/her actions through dynamics of these fields, contributes to development of a good communication environment. | 3 |
| PLO24 | - | Conceders social utilities in his/her works and productions, and in these directions, develops communication strategies, and pays attention to humanitarian values as primarily in producing news, reporting, photo, video, graphics etc. | 4 |
| PLO25 | - | Enables society to recognize role of media, and gains depth about such particular subjects as media literacy, new media and social media and so on. | 2 |
| PLO26 | - | Tends to contents in related to general public interests in the media and communication environments such as newspaper, magazine, radio, television, blogs and web sides etc. | 4 |
| PLO27 | - | Since absorbs ethics values of vocation, doesn’t allows to any discriminating or othering content in either his/her professional life or in contents produced by him/her, and finally tries to prevent such kind of discourses. | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nature of psychology | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 2 | Different perspectives in psychology / History of Psychology | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 3 | Research Methods in Psychology | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 4 | Nervous system and genetics | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 5 | Human Development - Childhood | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 6 | Human Development - Teenagehood, Adulthood - Elder life | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 7 | Mid-term exam | Reading the course's materials | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 9 | Hafıza | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 10 | Motivation and Emotion | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 11 | Stress and Coping Skills | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 12 | Sex and Gender | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 13 | Mental Disorders | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 14 | Treatment and Therapy | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 15 | Social interactions and communication | Searching for, reading, and reviewing sources | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Study exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Study exam |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 100 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,00 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||