Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Psychology
Course Code: PSİ173
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

By making students comprehend how human being is handled and examined in psychology as a scientific field, students learn the factors underlying the behaviors of individuals. To enable them to understand and explain various human behaviors with psychological concepts.

Course Content

In general terms, it includes the main study subjects, methods used, basic concepts and theories and professional fields of psychology.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Ayşe Vildan ACAR BAYRAKTAR
Res. Assist. Fulya ŞAT
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Recommended or Required Reading
1.R. PLOTNİK, Psikolojiye Giriş, Kaknüs yayınları, 2009.
2.C.G.MORRIS, Psikolojiyi Anlamak (Psikolojiye Giriş), Türk Psikologlar Derneği yay.
3.D. CÜCELOĞLU, İnsan ve Davranışı, Remzi Kitabevi.
4.R.L. ATKINSON, R.C. ATKINSON, E.E. SMITH, D.J.BEM ve S. NOLEN HOEKSEMA Psikolojiye Giriş, Arkadaş Yayınevi.
5.A.MASLOW, İnsan Olmanın Psikolojisi, Kuraldışı Yay.
6.D. P. SCHULTZ, S. E. SCHULTZ, Modern Psikoloji Tarihi, İstanbul: Kaknüs, 2002.
7.D. EVANS ve O. ZARATE, Evrimsel Psikolojiye Giriş, Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği, 2004.
8.A.R. DAMASIO, Descartes’in Yanılgısı, Duygu, Akıl ve İnsan Beyni, Varlık Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
-COURSE INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY, WHY IS IT NECESSARY? HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Week 2 - Theoretical
-SUBJECT AND FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY; BASIC THEORETICAL APPROACHES, METHODS
Week 3 - Theoretical
-NEUROBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
Week 4 - Theoretical
-CONSCIOUSNESS AND DIFFERENT STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Week 5 - Theoretical
-LIFETIME DEVELOPMENT
Week 6 - Theoretical
-SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Week 7 - Theoretical
-EMOTIONS AND MOTIVATION
Week 8 - Theoretical
-LEARNING AND MEMORY
Week 9 - Theoretical
-THINKING AND LANGUAGE
Week 10 - Theoretical
INTELLIGENCE
Week 11 - Theoretical
PERSONALITY AND -THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Week 12 - Theoretical
-STRESS AND COPING
Week 13 - Theoretical
-PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND THEIR TREATMENT
Week 14 - Theoretical
-APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1628
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)56
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes