Information Package / Course Catalogue
Psychology II
Course Code: PSİ102
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

In psychology, it is aimed to give students psychological explanations about various behaviors and cognitive processes by explaining concepts and explanations about the factors underlying human behaviors.

Course Content

How human and animal psychology is studied using scientific methods is explained under the headings of learning, memory, thinking and language, intelligence, personality, stress, behavioral disorders and psychotherapy.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Gözde SAYIN KARAKAŞ
Learning Outcomes
1. Defines and explains psychology's concepts and processes of learning, thinking, language, and memory.
2. Knows the concepts of intelligence and personality, individual differences and knows how they can be determined in general.
3.Knows the concept of stress and techniques of coping with stress.
4.Knows psychological disorders and the ways of treatment, psychotherapy process and models in general.
5.Knows cultural and gender differences that affect human behavior.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Psikolojiye Giriş, Rod Plotnik, Kaknüs yayınları, İstanbul 2009.
2.Psikoloji ve Yaşam: Psikolojiye Giriş, Richard J. Gerrig, Philip G. Zimbardo, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2012
3.Charles G. Morris, Psikolojiyi Anlamak (Psikolojiye Giriş), Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 2002
4.İnsan ve Davranışı, Doğan Cüceloğlu, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000
5.Psikolojiye Giriş, Rita L. Atkinson, Richard C. Atkinson, Edward E. Smith, Daryl J. Bem, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema (Çev. Yavuz Alogan), Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 2012
6.Psikolojiye Giriş, Clifford T. Morgan (Çev. Sirel Karakaş, Rükzan Eski) Eğitim Kitabevi Yayınları, Konya, 2009
7.İnsan Olmanın Psikolojisi, Abraham Maslow, , Kuraldışı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Expectations, Aims and Objectives, Introduction of Subjects
Week 2 - Theoretical
Human Development-I
Week 3 - Theoretical
Human Development-II
Week 4 - Theoretical
Intelligence
Week 5 - Theoretical
Motivation
Week 6 - Theoretical
Emotion, Stress and Health
Week 7 - Theoretical
Language development
Week 8 - Theoretical
Personality Theories-I
Week 9 - Theoretical
Personality Theories
Week 10 - Theoretical
Psychological Disorders-I
Week 11 - Theoretical
Psychological Disorders-II
Week 12 - Theoretical
Treatment Approaches in Psychological Problems
Week 13 - Theoretical
Social Psychology
Week 14 - Theoretical
Areas of Psychology Application
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination2%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory146198
Midterm Examination135136
Final Examination145146
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
2
2
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
2
2
1
2
OÇ-3
4
4
1
1
OÇ-4
5
5
4
4
4
OÇ-5
2
2
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026