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 This is a compulsory departmental course at an introductory level, allowing participants to explore essential topics in psychological sciences. Instead of providing a straightforward classical lecture format, it is designed to cover the main theories of psychology by encouraging participants to involve discussions, demonstrations, and even some small applications in and out of the class time. The course is designed to achieve the objectives based on both the AGU Psychology Program Goals and the recommendations of the American Psychological Association (APA) task force report on undergraduate students competencies (Board of Educational Affairs, 2012). Therefore, the design of the course will cover the student competencies: Knowledge base of psychology Research methods in psychology Critical thinking skills in psychology Application of psychology Values in psychology Communication skill Sociocultural and international awareness Personal development Career planning and development. Course Content This is the second part of the introductory level course, PSYC101 [link here], that allowing participants to continue exploring essential topics in psychological sciences. The content of the course was defined in the previous part as follows: "If you look at encyclopaedias back in the 1800s, you will see the definition of psychology, as it is the most proper introduction to speculative philosophy. Since then, internal (conceptual, methodological) and external (social, political) factors have shaped the development of psychology as a scientific discipline. Today what we understand psychology is the scientific study of thought, emotions, and behaviours. Voyage of mysteries of human thought, emotions, and behaviours through scientific methods in this course provides us exciting discoveries of our potential, limits, successes, failures, and true nature of a human being. It also gives us the knowledge to achieve better services and peaceful societies and to improve every aspect of individuals lives in the modern world. It is essential to have the ability and awareness for differentiating "common sense" and research evidence in the 21st-century complex modern world. Based on scientific research, understanding the reasons for some fundamental questions such as why we think in a particular way, why we do, and what we do can be extremely helpful in your business life as well as your academic achievement. Therefore, knowing essential debates in the psychological foundation would be necessary to every psychologist who would like to enhance her or himself in the contemporary global world." 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, students are expected to engage, understand, analyse, and synthesise a wide variety of psychological topics. It is both a lecture and a student-driven course. Hence, it is student’s responsibility to participate actively in class discussions. Prerequisites and co-requisities ( PSYC101 ) Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. M. 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 (15th Ed), McGraw-Hill Feldman, R. S. (2021). Understanding Psychology (15th Ed), McGraw-Hill Main text book Pre-readings Midterm exams Course Category Mathematics and Basic Sciences %10 Engineering %0 Engineering Design %0 Social Sciences %70 Education %0 Science %10 Health %10 Field %0

 





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