Course Details

LABORATORY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
5	PSYL231	LABORATORY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY	0+5+0	5	10	28.10.2024

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: enable students to design, run, and report a quantitative research study on an abnormal behaviour raise awareness of how studies in clinical psychology, i.e., those investigate abnormal behaviours, should be conducted
Course Content	The course is an applied opportunity to conduct a study of research on a topic that investigates a particular abnormal behaviour. Therefore, the course contains running a basic experiment on a topic chosen with a personal or collective interest (after approved by the instructor) along with discussing classical papers on the topics chosen.
Course Methods and Techniques	Active learning activities
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Associate Prof.Dr. M.Siyabend Kaya https://avesis.agu.edu.tr/mehmetsiyabend.kaya siyabend.kaya@agu.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers	Associate Prof.Dr. MEHMET SİYABEND KAYA
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Canvas Portal
Course Notes	Lecture notes will be shared on Canvas.
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	3	% 75
Final examination	1	% 25
Total	4	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Sınıf İçi Aktivitesi	3	50	150
Kısa Sınav	2	45	90
Final Sınavı	1	60	60
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 10 300

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

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Recognise how to design, conduct, and report a research study in clinical psychology
2	Raise awareness about the specific ethical considerations in clinical psychology-related research
3	Relate previously learned knowledge, particularly research methods and statistics in psychology, to designing, analyzing, reporting the research studies in clinical psychology
4	Discuss the classical research on abnormal behaviours, particularly in clinical psychology, in terms of how they could have been designed and conducted differently

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Review on research methods that are used in clinical psychology studies (e.g., case studies, surveys, experimental/quasi experimental designs) as well as ethical issues in clinical psychology related research
2	Designing and conducting a study to describe or explain an abnormal behavior
3	Reporting and presenting the research conducted

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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