Information Package / Course Catalogue
Behavioral Sciences
Course Code: HAT105
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To give basic information about Behavioral Sciences. Behavioral sciences, psychology, sociology, anthropology to examine with the help of case studies. To inform students about perception, communication, learning, motivation, job satisfaction, attitudes, groups, leadership and time management.

Course Content

Basic Concepts of Behavioral Sciences, Branches of Behavioral Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Psychology), Basics of Behavior, Personal and Environmental Factors, Learning, Motives and Emotions, Sensation and Perception, Social Perception, Social Impact, Compliance and Submission Behavior , Personality Concept, Personality Theories and Personality Types, Motivation Concept and Relations with Similar Concepts, Motivation Theories, Definition of Sociology, Branches of Sociology, Emergence of Sociology, Theoretical Approaches in Sociology, Approaches to Culture: Basic Anthropological Theories in Other Human and Social Sciences

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Aydan BAŞÇALIŞKAN
Learning Outcomes
1. To be able to learn the basic concepts of behavioral sciences.
2. To be able to explain psychology, sociology, anthropology and social psychology.
3. To be able to explain the researches in social psychology.
4. To be able to explain social phenomena and concepts related to society.
5. To be able to learn theoretical information about the relationships between human behavior and industrial psychology.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Davranış Bilimleri, Baysal, A., İstanbul, 2011.
2.Davranış Bilimleri ve Örgütsel Davranış, Yılmazer, A., Eroğlu, C., Ankara, 2012.
3.Davranış Bilimleri, Güney, S., Ankara, 2011.
4.Davranış Bilimleri, Şimşek, Ş., Çelik, A., Akgemci, T., Eğitim Yayınevi, Konya, 2014.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic Concepts of Behavioral Sciences
Week 2 - Theoretical
Behavioral Sciences. and Related Disciplines (Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Psychology)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Basics of Behavior, Personal and Environmental Factors
Week 4 - Theoretical
Approaches to Culture: Basic Theories of Anthropology, Place of Anthropology in Other Humanities and Social Sciences
Week 5 - Theoretical
Definition of Sociology, Branches of Sociology, Emergence of Sociology, Theoretical Approaches in Sociology
Week 6 - Theoretical
Personality Concept, Personality Formation, Personality Theories and Personality Types
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Concept of Motivation and Its Relations With Similar Concepts, Motivation Theories
Week 8 - Theoretical
Social Perception, Social Impact, Compliance and Submission Behavior
Week 9 - Theoretical
Role Behaviors, Relationship with Social Institutions and Behavioral Sciences
Week 10 - Theoretical
Society and Socialization, Social Structure
Week 11 - Theoretical
Introduction to Psychology, Schools in Psychology
Week 12 - Theoretical
Motives and Emotions
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sensation and Perception
Week 14 - Theoretical
Learning and Memory
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1415
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
3
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3
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1
1
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3
1
OÇ-2
3
3
3
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1
1
3
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1
OÇ-3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
OÇ-4
3
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3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
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3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026