| Course Name |
Contemporary Advances in Social Psychology
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSY 323
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
| National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The goal of this course is to introduce the students with the contemporary topic, approach, and research methods of social psychology. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In this course contemporary approaches and research of social psychology are introduced. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Course Description | |
| 2 | Culture and Indigeneity | O’Doherty, K &Hodgetts, D. ‘Culture and Indigeneity’, part 1 in Applied Social Psychology, 1st ed. (Sage Pub, 2019), 1-39. |
| 3 | Gender Inequality and Sexuality | O’Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1st ed.). SAGE Publications. (Part 2; pp. 59-102) |
| 4 | Gender Inequality and Sexuality | O’Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1st ed.). SAGE Publications. (Part 2; pp. 59-102) |
| 5 | Politics | O’Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1st ed.). SAGE Publications. (Part 3; pp. 127-182) |
| 6 | Politics | O’Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1st ed.). SAGE Publications. (Part 3; pp. 127-182) |
| 7 | Environmental Psychology | O’Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1st ed.). SAGE Publications. (Part 9; pp. 489-557) |
| 8 | Environmental Psychology | O’Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1st ed.). SAGE Publications. (Part 9; pp. 489-557) |
| 9 | Midterm Exam | |
| 10 | Replication Crisis in Psychology and Its Causes | Open Science Collaboration. (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science, 349(6251), aac4716. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4716 Bem, D. J. (2011). Feeling the future: Experimental evidence for anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(3), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021524 |
| 11 | Replication Crisis in Psychology: Solutions | Chambers, C. D. (2013). Registered Reports: A new publishing initiative at Cortex [Editorial]. Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 49(3), 609–610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2012.12.016 |
| 12 | Social Identity Theory and New Psychological Approaches to Leadership | Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., & Platow, M. J. (2020). The new psychology of leadership: Identity, influence, and power (2nd ed.). Routledge. |
| 13 | Social Identity Theory and New Psychological Approaches to Leadership | Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., & Platow, M. J. (2020). The new psychology of leadership: Identity, influence, and power (2nd ed.). Routledge. |
| 14 | Psychology of Conspiracy Theories | Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., & Cichocka, A. (2017). The psychology of conspiracy theories. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(6), 538–542. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417718261 |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | O’Doherty, K &Hodgetts, D. (2019). Applied Social Psychology. London: Sage Pub. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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50
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
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50
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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50
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| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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2
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28
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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||
| Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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20
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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32
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32
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| Final Exam |
1
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52
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52
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| Total |
180
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 |
To have knowledge of basic concepts, theories, approaches (behavioral, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, social, developmental, statistical, humanistic, psychodynamic, and socio-cultural), and current applications specific to the field of psychology by using current course materials and instruments. |
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X
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| 2 |
To have basic knowledge and skills about the applications in the different subfields of psychology. |
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X
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-
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| 3 |
To have basic knowledge about the testing and measurement instruments used in different subfields of psychology and basic level skill that does not require expertise in carrying out applications in different subfields of psychology. |
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| 4 |
To make use of other disciplines that may contribute to psychology and have basic knowledge about the contribution of psychology to these disciplines. |
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| 5 |
To have cumulative knowledge about the position of psychology as a scientific discipline in Turkey, the conducted research, applications and problems encountered from past to present in the field of psychology. |
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| 6 |
To have the competence to conduct a research individually and/or as a team using the knowledge acquired in the field of psychology, interpret the findings obtained by using scientific problem solving and critical thinking approaches. |
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| 7 |
To have the ability to construct a research hypothesis, create a research design, collect data, analyze it, report it in a scientific writing format, and interpret it by using basic knowledge related to testing and measurement, research methods, and statistics acquired in the field of psychology. |
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| 8 |
To have the competence to share the theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the field of psychology with the experts and lay people by using the required information and communication technologies in scientific studies and events that benefit the society. |
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X
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| 9 |
To have knowledge of the relevant professional and ethical values in the domains of psychology and respect individual differences and human rights in research and practices related to psychology. |
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X
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| 10 |
To constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following both national and international publications in the field of psychology, the developments in testing and measurement instruments and software programs used in the discipline. |
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| 11 |
To establish written and verbal communication with experts and lay people by using both Turkish and English. |
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| 12 |
To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 |
To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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