Course Details Language of Instruction English Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program PSYCHOLOGY Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Compulsory Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course The objectives of the course are: • to familiarise students which the critical topics in psychology • to raise awareness on the complexity of human behaviour and how they are linked in psychology as a scientific discipline Course Content The course basically involves the essential fields as well as topics of psychology that categorize these topics into broader categories and reviews them in a comprehensible and broader way. Therefore, the content can be seen as the introduction to each common topics whose in depth contents shall be reviewed in the following courses throughout the program separately. Hence, the course continues to cover the remaining topics in psychology as detailed in the following topics: introduction to psychology, psychological research, neuroscience and behaviour, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, and cognition and language. Course Methods and Techniques This is a compulsory departmental course at an introductory level, allowing students to explore essential topics in psychological sciences. Therefore, in this course, you are expected to engage, understand, and analyse a wide variety of psychological topics. It is both a lecture and a student-driven course. Hence, it is your responsibility to participate actively in class discussions. Exams: A midterm examination and a final examination will be administered. Students will be assessed both on the basis of material presented during lectures and on the basis of the book suggested by course instructor. Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered during the semester to assess students’ understanding of the course material covered in class. Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Mehmet Akif Güzel https://avesis.agu.edu.tr/akif.guzel akif.guzel@agu.edu.tr Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources Feldman, R. S. (2021). Understanding Psychology (14th or 15th Ed), McGraw-Hill Course Notes All lecture notes are sent to the students as handouts on CANVAS portal. Documents CANVAS portal Assignments No graded homeworks Exams In-class exams Course Category Mathematics and Basic Sciences %0 Engineering %0 Engineering Design %0 Social Sciences %100 Education %0 Science %0 Health %0 Field %0

 
 
 
 
  
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