Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Social Psychology I
Course Code: PSİ201
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: 5
Objectives of the Course

To enable students to look at interpersonal interactions from ingtrapersonal, interpersonal, intra-group and inter-group perspectives; to provide some theoretical approaches and scientific research results that will help them to understand and to explain the behaviors and interactions of individuals as members of social groups.

Course Content

The course includes the basic perspectives of social psychology, its theories and methodology, attitudes and attitude change, social cognition, social influence, attributions, self, identity, interpersonal attraction, and attachment.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Hacer HARLAK
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows the topics covered by social psychology in general and comprehends the basic theoretical and methodological approaches.
2.Knows the concepts and explanations of how individuals are influenced by others in different social settings and how they influence others.
3.Knows and explains the processes of processing information about the social world.
4.Knows the concept of attitude, its relationship to behavior, and its theoretical explanations of attitude change.
5.Understands social psychological concepts and explanations about self, identity, self-presentation, and impression management.
6.Understands the concepts and explanations of the interpersonal attraction process.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Sosyal Psikoloji, N. Bilgin, E.Ü. Yay, İzmir, 2013
2.Sosyal Psikoloji, E. Aronson,T.D. Wilson, ve R.M. (çev. Okhan Gündüz) Akert, Kaknüs Yayınları / Psikoloji Dizisi, 2012
3.En Güzel Psikoloji Sosyal Psikoloji, Nuran Hortaçsu, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2012
4.Dünden Bugüne İnsan ve İnsanlar: Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş, Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı ve Zeynep Cemalcılar, Evrim yayınları, Ankara, 2014
5.Sosyal Psikoloji, Hogg, M.A. ve Vaughan G.M (çev. İbrahim Yıldız ve Aydın Gelmez), Ütopya yayınları, Ankara, 2007.
6.İnsan ilişkileri ve Kimlik, Nuri Bilgin, Sistem yayınları, İstanbul, 2001
7.Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş, Carolyn W. Şerif, Muzaffer Şerif, Sosyal yayınları, İstanbul 1996
8.Sosyal Psikoloji J. L. Freedman, D. Sears ve J.M. Carlsmith, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2003
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Subject Area of Social Psychology, Research Problems and Topics of Social Psychology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Social Psychological Perspectives and methodology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social Influence I: Conformity, Complaince and Obedience
Week 4 - Theoretical
Social Influence II: Normative and Informative Effect, Theoretical Explanations About Social Influence
Week 5 - Theoretical
Social Cognition I: Impression Formation and Social Judegment
Week 6 - Theoretical
Social Cognition II: Social Categorization, Stereotypes and Social Encoding
Week 7 - Theoretical
Causal Explanations: Attribution Theories, Self Attributions, Intergroup Attributions
Week 8 - Theoretical
Attitudes I: What is an Attitude ? Attitude -Behavior Relations, Attitude Theories
Week 9 - Theoretical
Attitudes II: Measuring Attitudes, direct and indirect measurements
Week 10 - Theoretical
Attitudes III- Attitude Change, Persuasion and Persuasive Communication
Week 11 - Theoretical
Self II: Self-concept, Self-esteem, Identity and Social Identity
Week 12 - Theoretical
Self II: Self-Serving Bias, Self-Presentation, Impression Management
Week 13 - Theoretical
Close Relations: Theories of Close Relations, Interpersonal Attraction
Week 14 - Theoretical
Theories of Interpersonal Attraction, Love relations and theories
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144170
Midterm Examination120222
Final Examination128230
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
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
2
OÇ-2
5
2
3
3
2
3
OÇ-3
5
5
5
2
2
OÇ-4
5
3
5
3
4
2
OÇ-5
5
5
5
2
3
1
OÇ-6
5
4
1
2
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026