Course Details

PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN MIND AND MEMORY

PSY381

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Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1PSY381PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN MIND AND MEMORY3+0+03526.10.2024

 
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 Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The objectives of the course are;

• to raise awareness of the students on how humans understand the world around us

• to familiarise the students with how human mind operates and how we retrieve memories and use them to comprehend the world
Course Content The course contains the topics on how we, the human beings, basically understand the world around and so respond to it via giving more emphasis on the human mental processes, such as attention and memory. The course, therefore, covers the following topics respectively: introduction to cognitive psychology and brain, sensation and perception, and human mental processes, where the latest covers attention, information processing, and retrieval processes (i.e., memory).
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Associate Prof.Dr. Mehmet Akif Güzel
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources All other sources will be handout to the students.
Course Notes All lectures notes are sent to the students as handouts on Canvas
Documents Canvas Portal

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

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 54 54
Ders dışı çalışma 1 45 45
Yüz Yüze Ders 1 45 45
Final Sınavı 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 150

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 identify the basic principles of how cognitive psychology deals with human behaviour and investigate human mind and memory;
2 differentiate the processes of human sensation, perception, and cognition;
3 distinguish the difference between various kinds of human memory (i.e., sensory, short-term, and long-term memories) as well as their own types;
4 list how evidence is gathered in psychology research in order, particularly in experimental psychology;

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction
2 Cognition and human brain
3 Sensation and perception

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
C1 4 5 4 1 1 1 4 3 1
C2 4 2 1 4 1 2 2
C3 5 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1
C4 3 2 1 5 1 4 1 2 1 2 4

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

  
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