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| Code | ILT120 |
| Name | Introduction to Psychology |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 2. 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 |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. VOLKAN ÇİFTÇİ |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this class is to provide a general introduction to important topics of Psychology by allowing students to have a background concerning psychology. This class investigates the important fields of psychology, theories, research methods and findings of some crucial studies, by considering how they can be applied to daily life. Psychology is concerned with human mind. That is why the emphasis will be on thoughts, emotions, customs, and behaviors.
Course Content
The contents of this course includes issues such as theoretical and practical knowledge on transactional analysis, empathy and comprehends its codes of practice, active listening and self expression skills, psychological processes in interpersonal communication.
Course Precondition
There is no prerequisite.
Resources
R. J. Gerrig & P Zimbardo. (2012). Psychology and Life. (19th. Edition).
Notes
There is no other course material.
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 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. | |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | 3 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. | 2 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | 2 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. | 3 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. | 3 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work | 3 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. | 3 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning | 3 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. | 3 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychology and Life: Introduction | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Research Methods in Psychology | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 3 | The Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Psychology | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Örnek Olay |
| 4 | Sensation and Perception | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Bireysel Çalışma |
| 5 | Mind, Consciousness and Alternate States | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Benzetim |
| 6 | Learning and Behavior Analysis | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 7 | Memeory | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Grup Çalışması |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading the Textbooks | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Cognitive Processes | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Rol Oynama |
| 10 | Intelligence and Intelligence Assesment | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması, Örnek Olay |
| 11 | Human Development Across the Life Span | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 12 | Motivation | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Benzetim |
| 13 | Emotion, Stress and Health | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Benzetim, Beyin Fırtınası, Problem Çözme |
| 14 | Understanding Human Personality | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri |
| 15 | General Review and Evaluation | Reading the Textbooks | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading the Textbooks | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading the Textbooks | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 88 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,52 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||