Course Details

ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
6	PSYC114	ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY	3+0+0	3	5	14.05.2025

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	Develop an understanding of basics of ethics and its relation to psychology. Review famous controversial studies in psychology, probable ethical cases and ethical dilemmas. Develop an approach to ethical decision making and ethical practice.
Course Content	This course will cover some ethics-related issues within the research and practice framework of psychology. Some concepts that we care about such as privacy, confidentiality, avoiding harm will be covered. Basic ethical dilemmas and stances in assessment, research, therapy, supervision will be thought. The course will end with your presentations of different cases/dilemmas and your discussion and solution for these dilemmas.
Course Methods and Techniques	Active-Learning Activities
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Prof.Dr. Engin Arık
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Canvas Portal
Course Notes	All lecture notes are sent to the students as handouts on CANVAS portal.
Documents	Canvas Portal

Course Category

Social Sciences

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı	1	% 40
Final examination	1	% 60
Total	2	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Kısa Sınav	2	2	4
Kişisel Çalışma	1	60	60
Ders dışı çalışma	1	45	45
Yüz Yüze Ders	1	45	45
Final Sınavı	1	2	2
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 5 156

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	LO1: Describe a simple framework for thinking about ethical issues in psychological research.
2	LO2: Give examples of several ethical issues that arise in psychological research and practice
3	LO3: Describe the history of ethics codes for scientific research with human participants and animals, summarize these codes.
4	LO4: Demonstrates several strategies for identifying and minimizing risks and deception in psychological research
5	LO5: Create thorough informed consent and debriefing procedures

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Getting to know & Overview History and Ethical codes of associations
2	Basics of ethics
3	Ethical concepts and skills: Competence Ethical concepts and skills: Informed Consent
4	Ethical concepts and skills: Privacy and Confidentiality
5	Ethical concepts and skills: Avoiding Harm and Exploitation
6	Ethical concepts and skills: Applications
7	Ethical Decision Making Approaches
8	Ethical Decision Making Approaches
9	Ethics in Research
10	Ethics in Psychological Assessment
11	Ethics in Psychotherapy, Training, Supervision
12	Boundaries and Multiple Relations
13	Student Work

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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