COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND TEXTBOOKS

COMPULSORY COURSES

PSY 101 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

A collection of topics, problems, and approaches in contemporary psychology. Includes the biological basis of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, etc. Required for psychology majors.

Textbook:

Introduction to Psychology: Edward E. Smith, Barbara L. Fredrickson, Dary J. Bem, Geoffrey R. Loftus & Susan-Nolen Hoeksema (Translated by Deniz Ferhatoğlu & Öznur Öncül), Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 2012

Supplementary Books

Introduction to Psychology: Psikoloji ve Yaşam. Richard J. Gerrig & Philip G. Zimbardo (Translated by Gamze Sart), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2012.

Introduction to Psychology. Rod Plotnik, Kaknüs Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009

PSY 102 INTORODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

A collection of topics, problems, and approaches in contemporary psychology. Includes the social basis of behavior, individual differences, understanding and treatment of psychological disorders, etc. Required for psychology majors.

Textbook:

Introduction to Psychology: Edward E. Smith, Barbara L. Fredrickson, Dary J. Bem, Geoffrey R. Loftus & Susan-Nolen Hoeksema (Translated by Deniz Ferhatoğlu & Öznur Öncül), Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 2012

Supplementary Books

Introduction to Psychology: Psikoloji ve Yaşam. Richard J. Gerrig & Philip G. Zimbardo (Translated by Gamze Sart), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2012.

Introduction to Psychology. Rod Plotnik, Kaknüs Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009

PSY 103 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 5 ECTS

This course covers how psychology established and developed as a scientific discipline. Topics include but not limited to the influence of philosophy on psychology, the roots of major approaches in psychology, and the life and studies of important scientists who have a significant contribution to psychology.

Textbook:

History of Modern Psychology: Duane P. Schultz & Sydney Ellen Schultz (Translated by: Yasemin Aslay). Kaknüs Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001

Supplementary Books

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A Brief History of Modern Psychology. Ludy T. Benjamin Jr, Wiley, Oxford: UK, 2007 A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology. Richard T. G. Walsh, Thomas Teo &

Angelina Baydala, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: UK, 2014 Deliler ve Doktorları: Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e Delilik. Rüya Kılıç, Tarih Vakfı Yurt

Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014

PSY 104 ACADEMIC SKILLS IN PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to introduce academic skills used in psychological research and practice. Course content includes reviewing and critical reading the literature, academic report writing skills and rules in psychology, ethical principles, academic honesty and preventing plagiarism, communicating scientific knowledge and presentation skills.

Textbook:

Writing for Psychology: A Guide for Psychology Concentrators. Shelley H. Carson, Jeanne Fama, Kate Clancy, Jeffrey Ebert & Adrienne Tierney, Harvard College, Massachusetts: USA, 2012.

Supplementary Textbooks:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). American Psychological Association, 2009

Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology. Dana S. Dunn, Jane S. Halonen & Randolph A. Smith, Blackwell, Oxford: UK, 2008.

Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. Stephen Bailey, Routledge, New York: USA, 2015

PSY 105 COMPUTER PRACTICES I (1-2) 2 5 ECTS

Computer applications I is designed to familiarize students with computers and their applications. Students will learn some basics of computer hardware and software and become familiar with a variety of applications including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Textbook:

Introduction to Computer. Coşkun Hamzaçebi, Erkan Çetiner, Özgür Zeydan. Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa, 2013

Supplementary Books:

I am Learning Computer, Teoman Dinçel, Pusula Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2008. Introduction to Computer XP, Abdurrahman Taşbaşı, Orhan Altınbaşak, Altaş yayınları,

İstanbul, 2004.

PSY 106 COMPUTER PRACTICES II (2-2) 3 5 ECTS

Computer applications II is designed to familiarize students with computers and their applications in an advance way. Students will learn computer hardware and software and become advance users of a variety of applications including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Textbook:

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Introduction to Computer. Coşkun Hamzaçebi, Erkan Çetiner, Özgür Zeydan. Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa, 2013

Supplementary Books:

I am Learning Computer, Teoman Dinçel, Pusula Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2008. Introduction to Computer XP, Abdurrahman Taşbaşı, Orhan Altınbaşak, Altaş yayınları,

İstanbul, 2004.

PSY 107 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (3-0)3 5 ECTS

The content of this course constitutes the scope of sociology, basic sociological theories, social person, social status, categories and masses, groups and unions, patterns and culture, roles, interaction processes, culture and society, values, and similar topics.

Textbook:

Sociology, Anthony Giddens, Ayraç Publishing, Ankara, 2005

Supplementary Textbooks:

What is sociology?, Joseph Fichter, Anı Publishing, Ankara, 2009 Sosyoloji Notes, Nilgün Çelebi, Anı Publishing, Ankara, 2007.

PSY 108 MATHEMATICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES (3-0) 3 5 ECTS

This course is designed to have students learn basic mathematics that is necessary to have a solid understanding of statistics. Students will learn about linear, second degree, exponential, and logarithmic functions, linear equations, matrix algebra, and probability.

Textbook:

Mathematics for Social Sciences: Mustafa Aytaç, Mustafa Sevüktekin & Erkan Işığıçok. Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa, 2013.

Supplementary Book:

General Mathematics. Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler & Karl E. Byleen (Translated by: Arif Sabuncuoğlu), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2011

PSY 109 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY (3-0) 3 5 ECTS

This course is an introduction to modern biology. This course will cover the source of life, the structure of cells and the functions of organelles, genetic and heredity, neural systems, sensory systems and endocrine system.

Textbook:

General Biology. Ahmet Afyon, Mehmet Ali Kaya & Dursun Yağız, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2000

Supplementary Books:

General Biology. Halil Dindar & Kenan Tunç, Kök Yayıncılık, İstanbulSayfa 3 / 22

General Biology. Tohit Güneş, Anı Yayınları, Ankara

IKT 105 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS (3-0) 3 5 ECTS

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge about the nature and content of economy as a scientific discipline and the methods used in economics. Course content includes pricing systems, consumer behaviour and various marketing characteristics.

Textbook:

Temel Ekonomi, Tümay Ertek, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2009.

Supplementary Textbooks:

Temel Ekonomi. Erkan Rehber, Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa, 2012 Toplumlar ve Ekonomiler, Fuat Ercan, Sarmal Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998.

PSY 201 SOCIAL PSYCOLOGY I (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Overview of topics in social psychology. Includes subjects such as general introduction to social psychology, research methods in social psychology, social influence, attitude formation and change and ego.

Textbook:

Social Psychology. David Myers, McGraw-Hill (Translation editor: Serap Akfırat), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2015

Supplementary Books:

Social Psychology: The Science of Everyday Life. Jeff Greenberg, Tony Schmader, Jamie Arndt & Mark Landau, Worth Publishers, UK, 2015.

En Güzel Psikoloji Sosyal Psikoloji. Nuran Hortaçsu, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2012

PSY 202 SOCIAL PSYCOLOGY II (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Overview of topics in social psychology. Includes inter-individual and inter-group interactions, liking and loving, prejudice and stereotyping, as well as applying social psychology to other context (e.g., forensic, communication, and health).

Textbook:

Social Psychology. David Myers, McGraw-Hill (Translation editor: Serap Akfırat), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2015

Supplementary Books:

Social Psychology: The Science of Everyday Life. Jeff Greenberg, Tony Schmader, Jamie Arndt & Mark Landau, Worth Publishers, UK, 2015.

En Güzel Psikoloji Sosyal Psikoloji. Nuran Hortaçsu, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2012

PSY 203 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY I (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

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This course is designed to have students learn the experimental designs and techniques which are necessary to study human and animal behavior and develop an understanding of the basic concepts, theory, and research areas in experimental psychology. The course content includes but not limited to sensation, visual perception, and the neural basis of visual perception, object perception, visual attention, movement perception and color perception.

Textbook:

Experimental Psychology. Barry H. Kantowitz, Henry L. Reodiger & David G. Elmes (Translated by Nurhan Er & Yalçın Akın Duyan), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2014

Supplementary Books:

Sensation and Perception. E. Bruce Goldstein, Wadsworth, California: USA, 2014

PSY 204 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY II (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed to have students learn the experimental designs and techniques which are necessary to study human and animal behavior and develop an understanding of the basic concepts, theory, and research areas in experimental psychology. The course content includes but not limited to behaviorism, theory of learning, classical and operant conditioning, types and schedules of reinforcement, and psychological mechanisms of reward and punishment.

Textbook:

Experimental Psychology. Barry H. Kantowitz, Henry L. Reodiger & David G. Elmes (Translated by Nurhan Er & Yalçın Akın Duyan), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2014

Supplementary Books:

Introduction to Learning and Behavior. Russell A. Powell, P. Lynne Honey & Diane G. Symbaluk, Wadsworth, California: USA, 2013

PSY 205 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY I (4-0) 4 5 ECTS

This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of concepts, theories, perspectives and research in human development from infancy to middle childhood. The course covers subjects such as prenatal development, birth and physical, cognitive, social and personality development in infancy, preschool years, and middle childhood.

Textbook:

Theories of Developmental Psychology. Patricia H. Miller (Translated by Zeynep Gültekin), İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2008

Supplementary Books:

Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood. Laura E. Berk (Translation Editor: Nesrin Işıkoğlu Erdoğan), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2000

PSY 206 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY II (4-0) 4 5 ECTS

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This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of concepts, theories, perspectives and research in human development from adolescence to late adulthood. The course covers subjects including physical, cognitive, social, and personality development in adolescence and early, middle and late adulthood.

Textbook:

Theories of Developmental Psychology. Patricia H. Miller (Translated by Zeynep Gültekin), İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2008

Supplementary Books:

Ergenlik. Laurence Steinberg, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2007 Gelişim Psikolojisi: Yetişkinlik, Yaşlılık, Ölüm. Bekir Onur. İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 1997.

PSY 207 STATISTICS FOR PSYCHOLOGY I (3-2) 4 5 ECTS

This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of statistical methods and analysis in the field of psychology. The course covers subjects such as frequency distribution, central tendency, z-scores, probability, hypothesis testing and t-test.

Textbook:

Sosyal Bilimler İçin İstatistik. Şener Büyüköztürk, Nilgün Köklü & Ömay Çokluk-Bökeoğlu, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2010

Supplementary Books

Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (9th Ed.), Frederick J. Gravetter & Larry B. Wallnau, Wadsworth Publishing, 2012

PSY 208 STATISTICS FOR PSYCHOLOGY II (3-2) 4 5 ECTS

This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of statistical methods and analysis in the field of psychology. The course covers subjects such as Chi square test, ANOVA, correlation and regression and none parametric tests.

Textbook:

Sosyal Bilimler İçin İstatistik. Şener Büyüköztürk, Nilgün Köklü & Ömay Çokluk-Bökeoğlu, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2010

Supplementary Books

Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (9th Ed.), Frederick J. Gravetter & Larry B. Wallnau, Wadsworth Publishing, 2012

PSY 209 VOCATIONAL ENGLISH I (2-0) 2 3 ECTS

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Course Description:

This course is designed to teach the students English equivalents of psychological concepts. The students will acquire basic skills to read and follow an introductory level psychology material written in English. In addition, students are expected to make presentations and write reports in English.

Textbook:

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior. Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio & Barry L. Beyerstein, Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex: UK, 2010

Supplementary Textbooks:

Oxford Dictionary of Psychology, Colman (2009), Oxford University Press Psikoloji Sözlüğü. Güncel Masaroğulları & Muhammet Koçakgöl, Nobel Akademik

Yayıncılık, Ankara. Various psychology articles written in English.

PSY 210 VOCATIONAL ENGLISH II (2-0) 2 3 ECTS

Course Description:

This course is designed to teach the students English equivalents of psychological concepts. The students will acquire basic skills to read and follow an introductory level psychology material written in English. In addition, students are expected to make presentations and write reports in English.

Textbook:

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior. Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio & Barry L. Beyerstein, Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex: UK, 2010

Supplementary Textbooks:

Oxford Dictionary of Psychology, Colman (2009), Oxford University Press Psikoloji Sözlüğü. Güncel Masaroğulları & Muhammet Koçakgöl, Nobel Akademik

Yayıncılık, Ankara. Various psychology articles written in English.

PSY 301 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the scientific knowledge about theories of personality, personality development, personality traits and psychopathology. Course content includes psychoanalytical and psychodynamic theories, cognitive theories, research-based theories and existential theories of personality.

Textbook:

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Kişilik Kuramları. Banu Yazgan İnanç & Esef Ercüment Yerlikaya, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2000

Supplementary Textbooks:

Theories of Personality. Richard M. Ryckman, Wadsworth, California: USA, 2008

PSY 302 PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge about the anatomical structure of the nervous system and the physiological processes underlying the psychological functions such as motor and sensational functions, as well as learning, emotions and memory.

Textbook:

Fizyolojik Psikoloji: Davranışın Nörolojik Temelleri. Neil R. Carlson (Çeviri editörü: Muzaffer Şahin), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2012

Supplementary Textbooks:

Biological Psychology. James W. Kalat, Wadsworth, California: USA, 2013

PSY 303 INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed to have students learn the applications of psychological findings to work life. The content of the course includes but not limited to research methods in industrial and organizational psychology, job analysis, employee recruitment and selection, job performance evaluation, employee training and development, motivation, employee attitudes and behaviors, leadership, power and politics in organizations, and organizational culture.

Textbook:

Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Ronald E. Riggio (Translation Editor: Belkis Özkara). Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2014.

Supplementary Books:

Endüstri / Örgüt Psikolojisi Alanında Kullanılan Ölçekler El Kitabı. Nursel Telman ve Duysal A. Çelik, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2013.

Handbook of Industry, Work and Organizational Psychology, Volume I: Personnel Psychology N. Anderson, D. S. Ones, H. K. Sinangil, ve C. Viswesvaran (Translated by N. Domaniç), Literatür Yayıncılık, 2009.

PSY 304 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge about the application of psychological principles on mental health issues. Course content includes clinical psychology as a profession, approaches in clinical psychology, theories of psychotherapy, effectiveness of psychotherapies,

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research methods in clinical psychology, rehabilitation, psychoeducation and introduction of other psychosocial studies.

Textbook:

Klinik Psikoloji, Paul L. Hewitt & Wolfgang Linden (Çeviri editörü: Muzaffer Şahin) Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2013.

Supplementary Textbooks:

Clinical Psychology: An Introduction, Alan Carr, Routledge, London: UK, 2012. Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Gerald Corey, Brooks/Cole Cengage

Learning, California: USA, 2009. Psychoeducation in Mental Health. Joseph Walsh, Lyceum Books, 2010. Research Design in Clinical Psychology. Alan E. Kazdin, Pearson, Essex: UK, 2014

PSY 305 RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge and concepts about research methods used in psychology and social sciences in general. Course content includes basic characteristics of research in social sciences, quantitative and qualitative research methods, steps and models of scientific research, experimental design, data collection methods, data analysis, report writing and conducting online research.

Textbook:

Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Remzi Y. Kıncal, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2013

Supplementary Textbooks:

Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Teknikleri, Aysel Aziz, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2011

PSY 306 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (4-0) 4 6 ECTS

Course Description:

The aim of this course is to provide students with the basic knowledge about abnormal behaviour, mental disorders, psychological causes of mental disorders, diagnostic criteria and treatment of mental disorders. Course content includes the definition of abnormal behaviour, diagnostic criteria of mental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders and other mental disorders as well as their treatment.

Textbook:

Anormal Psikoloji. Ann M. Kring, Sheri L. Johnson, Gerald Davison & John Neale (Çeviri editörü: Muzaffer Şahin), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2015.

Supplementary Textbooks:

Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları. Orhan Öztürk & Aylin Uluşahin, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul Psychopathology: Research, Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Psychology. Graham

Davey. John Wiley & Sons, Glasgow, 2014

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Abnormal Psychology. James N. Butcher, Jill M Hooley & Susan M Mineka, Pearson, 2014 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), American

Psychiatric Association, 2013

PSY 307 TESTING & MEASUREMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY (4-0) 4 5 ECTS

Course Description:

Course content includes the development and usage of psychological tests, technical and methodological principles of testing, reliability and validity, intelligence tests, pedagogical tests, personality tests and performance evaluation tests.

Textbook:

Psikolojik Test ve Değerleme, Ronald Jay Cohen &Mark E. Swerdlik (Çeviri editörü: Ezel Tavşancıl), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2014.

Supplementary Textbooks:

Psikolojide Kullanılan Güncel Ölçme Araçları I ve II, Ahmet Akın, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2015

Tutumların Ölçülmesiyle SPSS ile Veri Analizi, Ezel Tavşancıl, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2014

PSY 308 ETHICS IN RESEARCH & PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY (4-0)4 5 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the deontological principles utilized in professional psychological activities. The course involves discussing ethical principles through various case examples in order for the students to gain an ethical perspective.

Textbook:

Psikologlar için Etik Öğretim El Kitabı, Yeşim Korkut, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 2014

Supplementary Textbooks:

Ethics in Psychology: Professional Standards and Cases. Gerald P. Koocher & Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Oxford University Press, UK, 1998

Mental Health and Human Rights: Vision, Praxis and Courage. Michael Dudley, Derrick Silove & Fran Gale, Oxford University Press, UK, 2012.

SSP 900 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT (1-2) 2 3 ECTS

Course Description:

Course content includes the importance of social responsibility, identifying current problems in the society, developing effective solutions for these problems, attending to the scientific meetings and conferences, voluntarily attending to the social responsibility projects and basic knowledge and skills about the application of community service studies in schools.

PSY 401 FINAL PROJECT I (0-2) 1 8 ECTS

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Course Description:

The aim of this course is to provide the students an opportunity to develop their research skills. Course content includes developing psychological inquiry, reviewing relevant literature, formulating hypotheses and designing research. Course material involves relevant literature about the research topic.

PSY 402 FINAL PROJECT II (0-2) 1 8 ECTS

Course Description:

The aim of this course is to provide the students an opportunity to develop their research skills. Course content includes the application of the research project designed in the Final Project I course, collecting data, data analysis, discussion and report writing. Course material involves relevant literature about the research topic.

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ELECTIVE COURSES

PSY 309 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge about human cognition. Course content includes cognitive theories, neurocognitive studies, attention, short term and long term memory, encoding, rehearsal, giving a decision and problem solving. Students are expected to acquire basic knowledge about the theories and research in human cognition.

Textbook:

Bilişsel Psikoloji, Edward E. Smith & Stephen M. Kosslyn (Çeviri editörü: Muzaffer Şahin), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2014

Supplementary Textbooks:

Human Memory: Theory and Practice, Alan Baddeley, Taylor & Francis, 1997. Cognitive Psychology. Nick Braisby & Angus Gellatly, Oxford University Press, Oxford: UK,

2012.

PSY 310 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

Course Description:

Course content includes language development in children, what children learn before they acquire language skills, how social and cognitive development influence language development, how language development affects cognitive development and thinking processes, how reading habit influences language development and the relation between language and human brain.

Textbook:

Language Development. Patricia J. Brooks & Vera Kempe, John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex: UK, 2012

Supplementary Textbooks:

Dil ve Kavram Gelişimi. Seyhun Topbaş (Editör), Kök Yayıncılık, İstanbul Cognitive and Language Development in Children. John Oates & Andrew Grayson, Blackwell

Publishing, Oxford: UK, 2004

PSY 311 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

Course Description:

Course content includes biological basis of gender related behaviours, gender roles, how gender roles are learned, theories of psychology of gender, relation between masculinities, femininities and authority & power, violence towards women.

Textbook:

The Psychology of Gender. Anne E. Beall, Alice H. Eagly & Robert J. Sternberg, The Guilford Press, New York: USA, 2004

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Toplumsal Cinsiyet: Sosyal Psikolojik Açıklamalar. Zehra Y. Dökmen, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2010

Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği ve Kadına Yönelik Şiddet. Şeref Uluocak, Gökhan Gökulu, Olgun Bilir, Nigar Etizer Karacık & Dilek Özbay, Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014

Psychology of Gender. Vicki Helgeson, Pearson, USA, 2011 The Social Psychology of Gender: How Power and Intimacy Shape Gender Relations. Laurie

A. Rudman & Peter Glick, The Guilford Press, New York: USA, 2008

PSY 312 ATTACHMENT (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

The content of this course constitutes attachment theory and models, attachment behavior, emotion regulation, internal working model, secure and insecure attachment types, childhood and adulthood attachment.

Textbook:

Attachment Across the Lifecourse: A Brief Introduction. David Howe, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire: UK, 2011

Supplementary Textbooks

Human Bonding: The Science of Affectional Ties. Cindy Hazan & Mary I. Campa, The Guilford Press, New York: USA, 2013

Attachment. John Bowlby (Çeviren: Tuğrul Veli Soylu), Pinhan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2012

PSY 313 EMOTION (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

Course Description:

Course content includes theories of emotion, psychological structures and functions of emotion, physiological bases of emotion, emotion and social cognition, emotion and group processes, emotion and gender, emotion and culture and emotional intelligence.

Textbook:

Psychology of Emotion: Interpersonal, Experiential and Cognitive Approaches. Paula M. Niedenthal, Silvia Krauth-Gruber & François Ric, Psychology Press, New York: USA, 2006

Supplementary Textbooks:

Emotions Revealed: Understanding Faces and Feelings. Paul Ekman, Phoenix, London: UK, 2003

Duygusal Zeka. Zuhal Baltaş, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2006

PSY 314 SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

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Course Description:

This course aims to provide students with the necessary perspective about application of psychological principles to the sports. Course content includes personality and sports, motivation, stress and anxiety, competence and collaboration, feedback and reinforcement, dynamics of groups and teams, improving performance, self esteem and concentration.

Textbook:

Spor ve Egzersiz Psikolojisinin Temelleri, Robert S. Weinberg & Daniel Gould (Çeviri editörleri: Mustafa Şahin & Ziya Koruç), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2015

Supplementary Textbooks:

Spor Psikolojisi, Orhan Doğan, Detay Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2015 Spor Psikolojisi, Costas I. Karageorghis & Peter C. Terry (Çeviri editörü: Erdal Demir), Nobel

Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2015

PSY 403 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

In this course, the psychological problems encountered in childhood and youth are considered in a developmental perspective. The content of this course constitutes developmental psychopathology approach, normative development, intellectual disability and developmental outcomes, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, learning disabilities and other mental disorders, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence and protective measures.

Textbook

Developmental Psychopathology: From Infancy to Adolescence. Patricia Kerig, Amanda Ludlow & Charles Wenar, McGraw-Hill Education, Berkshire: UK, 2012

Supplementary Textbooks

Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Michael Lewis & Karen D. Rudolph, Springer, 2015

Child Mental Health, Atalay Yörükoğlu, Özgür Publishing, İstanbul, 2010 Autism and Autistic Children. Nilüfer Darıca, Şebnem Tuş & Ülkü Abidoğlu, Özgür

Publishing, İstanbul, 2000 Attention Deficit Disordes. Thomas E. Brown, ODTÜ Yayınları, Ankara, 2009 Öğrenme Güçlüğü Olan Bireyler ve Eğitimleri. William N. Bender (Translation Editor: Hakan

Sarı), Nobel Akademic Publishing, Ankara, 2012

PSY 404 CROSS CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

The content of this course constitutes the effects of culture on human behavior and cognitive processes, and understanding human behavior and cognitive processes in a cross cultural perspective. The main topics of this course includes cultural similarities and differences on behavior, individual development, social behavior, personality, intelligence, emotion, language, perception and similar other areas.

Textbook

Cross Cultural Psychology: Research and Application. John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga, Seger M. Breugelmans, Athanasios Chasiotis & David L. Sam (Translation Editör: Leman Pınar Tosun), Nobel Akademic Publishing, İstanbul, 2015

Supplementary textbooks

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Cross-Cultural Psychology: Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications. Eric B. Shiraev & David A. Levy, Routledge, New York: USA, 2016

PSY 405 CRISIS INTERVENTION (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

The content of this course constitutes loss and grief psychology, suicide self- injurious behavior, crisis intervention skills, crisis intervention for special groups, psychological first aid principles and skills.

Textbook

Crisis and Crisis Intervention. Işık Sayıl, Oğuz E. Berksun, Refia Palabıyıkoğlu, Halise Devrimci Özgüven, Çiğdem Soykan & Seda Haran. Ankara Üniversitesi Psikiyatrik Kriz Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara, 2000

Supplementary textbooks

Crisis Intervention: A Handbook of Immediate Person-to-Person Help. Kenneth France, Charles C Thomas Publisher, Illinois: USA, 2014

Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers. World Health Organization, USA, 2011

PSY 406 PSYCHOLOGY OF DISASTER (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes naturel and human-made disasters and the responses shown in the face of other travmatic events, individual and social coping strategies, and preparatory work for the disasters.

Textbook:

Trauma Psychology: Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health and Illness, Elizabeth K. Carll, Praeger Publishers, 2007

Supplementary textbooks

Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families. Kevin Ronan & David Johnston, Springer, New York: USA, 2010

Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness. Anna K. Schwab & Katherine Eschelbach, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey: USA, 2007

PSY 407 SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOR (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes social influences, social rules, social pressure, group effects, adjustment, obedience to requests, fulfilling orders without thinking, power, leader and leadership, attitude change and similar topics.

Textbooks

Social Influences, Kevin Wren, Routledge, London: UK, 2013

Supplementary textbooks

Social Influences: Who, Whow, How Effects, Nuray Sakallı, İmge Publishing, 2006 Techniques of Social Influence: The Psychology of Gaining Compliance. Dariusz Dolinski,

Routledge, London: UK, 2015

PSY 408 SOCIAL IDENTITY AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes development of social identity, self-identity, identity value, identity- personal needs, identity- power, identity-immigration, identity-social change, and other similar topics within the framework of social psychology theories.

Textbook:

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Social Identity and Intergroup Relations. Henri Tajfel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: UK, 2010

Supplementary textbooks:

I, You, We, All of Us: Social Identity and Intergroup Relations, Nuran Hortaçsu, İmge Publishing, 2007

Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity. Brenda J. Allen, Waveland Press, Illinois: USA, 2011

PSY 409 CLINICAL INTERVIEW SKILLS (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes the foundation of therapeutic relationship, requirements for the establishment of therapeutic relationship, communication and active listening skills, empathy and empathic listening skills, ability to manage interview with appropriate questions, problems that can aris during interview, and coping skills, clinical preliminary interview, clinical interview techniques.

Textbooks:

The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Approach to Helping. Gerard Egan, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, California: USA, 2014

Supplementary textbooks

Student Workbook Exercises for Egan's The Skilled Helper. Gerard Egan, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, California: USA, 2014

Clinical Psychology Interviewing Skills. İrem Anlı, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2012

PSY 410 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes police and investigating psychology, law psychology, crime psychology, victim’s psychology, psychology in prisons, abandon to life of crime psychology, forensic psychology with special groups, research methods in forensic psychology, professional ethics in forensic psychology and similar topics.

Textbook:

Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Research and Application. Curtis R. Bartol & Anne M. Bartol, SAGE Publications, California: USA, 2015

Supplementary textbooks:

Psychosocial Criminology, David Gadd & Tony Jefferson, SAGE Publications, London: UK, 2007

Forensic Psychology, David Canter (Translated by Ali Dönmez, Işıl Çoklar Başer, Meltem Güler), İmge Publishing, Ankara, 2011

PSY 411 POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes relations between large groups, masses, and nations, psychological factors that play a role in this relationship, leaders and psychological aspects of the relationship between leaders, psychological ideologies, large-group identity, ethnic conflict, racism and genocide, political leadership, political system of perception and emotions, collective action, citizenship and political trust, political communication, public and media.

Textbook:

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Political Psychology-I, Özlem Dirilen Gümüş, Nobel Academic Publishing, İstanbul, 2015

Supplementary Textbook:

Political Psychology, Abdülkadir Çevik, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 2009 Political Psychology, David Patrick Houghton (Translated by Hüsamettin İnaç & Duygu

Şekeroğlu), Bilge Kültür Sanat, İstanbul, 2015

PSY 412 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes psychology and physical health relationship, subjects of health psychology, research methods on health psychology, behavior to be health, stress, physical pain and coping strategies, stress and immune system, stress and chronical illness, behaviors that increase the risk of cancer, stress and cancer, stress and heart disease, combating chronic discomfort lifetime and similar other topics.

Textbook:

Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health, Linda Brannon, Jess Feist & John Updefraff, Wadsworth, Californi: USA, 2014

Supplementary textbook:

Health Psychology, Zuhal Baltaş, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul

PSY 413 ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes dynamic relationship between people and space, how humans make sense of his environment, the impact of environment on human experience, behavior, and health, factors affecting human effects on the environment and ways to improve environmental behavior.

Textbook:

Environmental Psychology: Human-Space Relations. Melek Göregenli, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversity Publishing, İstanbul, 2010

Supplementary textbook:

Environmental Psychology. Linda Steg, Agnes E. van den Berg & Judith I. M de Groot (Translation Editor: Lütfiye Kara Cicerali & Eyyüb Ensari Cicerali), Nobel Akademic Publishing, İstanbul, 2015

Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature. Susan Clayton & Gene Myers, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford: UK, 2015

PSY 414 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course is formed for students to provide information in order to examine, understand, and interpret differences between individuals. As well as personnel, mental, psychopathological, behavioral, psychological differences between individuals, this course covers motivation, creativity, leadership, and professional differences between individuals.

Textbook:

Personality and Individual Differences, Thomas, Chammorro-Premuzic, BPS Blackwell, West Sussex: UK, 2011

Supplementary textbook:

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Approaches to examine individual differences, Mehmet Özyürek, Kök Publishing, İstanbul, 2005.

PSY 415 TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course constitutes theories of traffic psychology, research methods on traffic psychology, factors effecting driver’s behavior, safe drivers behavior, risky drivers behavior, methods to reduce risky traffic behavior and interdisciplinary research on traffic psychology.

Textbook:

Handbook of Traffic Psychology. Bryan E. Porter, Elsevier, London: UK, 2011

Supplementary textbook:

The Psychology of Driving. Graham J. Hole, Psychology Press, New York: USA, 2007

PSY 416 CRITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

Critical psychology tries to understand human being within the social context and address to the human being as a subject who has the potential to affect society as affected. This course aims to present the basic concepts of critical psychology, institutions, and study titles. This course constitutes critical examination of some basic areas of psychology such as personality theories, clinical psychology, social psychology, and the establishment of relation with psychology on such areas like social structure, sexuality, and social inequalities.

Textbook

Critical Psychology. Dennis R. Fox, Isaac Prilleltensky & Stephanie Austin (Publication Editor: Güneş Kayacı Sevinç, İpek Demirok, Baran Gürsel), Ayrıntı Publishing, İstanbul, 2012

Supplementary textbooks:

Toward Psychologies of Liberation: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences. Mary Watkins & Helene Shulman, Palgrave Macmillan, New York: USA, 2008

PSY 417 ENTREPRENUERSHIP (2-2) 3 4 ECTS

Besides working for others, this course aims to reveal entrepreneurial characteristics of students and acquire the tools necessary to develop themselves in order to set up self-employment, and have knowledge and competencies. This course focuses on such issues as conceptual framework of entrepreneurship, approaches, process, entrepreneur culture, local and international context of entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurships ethics.

Textbook:

Entrepreneurship, Semra Arıkan, Siyasal kitabevi, Ankara, 2004

Supplementary textbooks:

Entrepreneurship, İbrahim Bozacı, Beta Publishing, İstanbul, 2015 Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Personality, Mahmut Özdevecioğlu & Mustafa Karaca,

Eğitim Kitabevi Publishing, İstanbul, 2015

PSY 418 CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS (3-0) 3 4 ECTS

This course will provide participants definitions and explanations of the basic structure, functions, and formation of human affectional bonds in the scope of attachment and mating. The course will begin

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with infancy and more than two thirds of the lectures and readings will focus on adulthood. This course serves students who have accomplished fundamental psychology courses and desire to have more information about human affectional bonds. The course is designed to provide students with advance understanding and skills about human close relationships and it is recommended for the students who are highly interested in relationship science.

Textbook:

Hazan, C. & Campa, M. I. (2013). Human Bonding: The Science of Affectional Ties, Guilford Press.

PSY 421 WORKSHOP IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-2) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students in order to have information on advanced research and be familiar with current information in clinical psychology. Course content includes research methods in clinical psychology, current discussions in clinical psychology, psychological health, assessment of psychological situation, and current studies in psychotherapy. Within the course, it will be benefited articles from current literature.

PSY 423 WORKSHOP IN I/O PSYCHOLOGY (3-2) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students to have advance and contemporary information in research areas of industrial and organizational psychology. The content of the course includes but not limited to research methods in industrial and organizational psychology, measurement and evaluation in work places, job analysis, performance analysis, organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior, training and development, and expatriate adjustment. Students will read classical and contemporary scientific articles in the area of industrial and organizational psychology.

PSY 425 WORKSHOP IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-2) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students in order to have information on advanced research in social psychology. Course content includes research methods in social psychology, current discussions and researches in social psychology. Within the course, it will be benefited articles from current literature.

PSY 427 WORKSHOP IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-2) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students in order to have information on advanced research and be familiar with current information in developmental psychology. Course content includes research methods in developmental psychology, current discussions and researches in developmental psychology. Within the course, it will be benefited articles from current literature.

PSY 422 FIELD PRACTICE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (2-4) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students in order to gain practical experience in the field of clinical psychology. Students will gain practical experience on areas such as clinical observation and interview techniques, clinical evaluation, psychoeducation and group work

PSY 424 FIELD PRACTICE IN I/O PSYCHOLOGY (2-4) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students to gain practical experience in the areas of industrial and organizational psychology. Students will gain practical experience in measuring job performance,

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measuring employee attitude and emotions, developing programs for employee training and development or evaluating training and development programs, employee safety and well-being, etc.

PSY 426 FIELD PRACTICE IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY (2-4) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students in order to gain practical experience in the field of forensic psychology. It is expected from students to make observations on areas such as court and prison, and to write report related to observations results based on literature.

PSY 428 FIELD PRACTICE IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (2-4) 4 6 ECTS

This course is designed for students to gain practical experience in the field of developmental psychology. Students expected to make observations on child protection agencies, and kindergartens, and write reports related to observation results based on literature.

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COMMON COMPULSORY COURSES

TUR181 Turkish Language I- (2-0) 2 ....................... ECTS: 2

What is the language? The content of course includes importance and place of language in life of

society as social institution, development and historical period of Turkish language, current situation

and range of Turkish language, sounds in Turkish language and their classifications, features of sounds

and rules of phonology in Turkish language; Syllable information; Orthographic rules and its

applications; Punctuation marks and its applications.

TUR182 Turkish Language II- (2-0) 2 ..................... ECTS: 2

The content of course includes derivational affixes in Turkish language and its applications; General

information about composition; Types of words; Parts of speech; Application of speech analysis;

Ambiguity of speech and its corrections; Letter of request, report, letter and their types; principals to

prepare scientific writings.

AIT281 Atatürk's Principles and History of the Revolution I- (2-0) 2 ............... ECTS: 2

The course constitutes meaning of history of the Revolution; importance of the Revolution; general

overview to reasons for Turkish revolution; World War I; Fragmentation period of Ottoman Empire;

Conditions of country in face of invasions; Attitude of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; First step for

liberations-Organization by Congresses; Parties; Kuva-yı Milliye; National Pact; Establishment of

Grand National Assembly Of Turkey (TBMM); Establishment of National Army; Two important

event- The Treaty Of Sevres and Gümrü Pact; The struggle for independence until Sakarya war;

Sakarya War; Great Offensive, from Mudanya to Lausanne; Two fundamental revolution in political

field; Transition to period of “Maintenance of Order”.

AIT282 Atatürk's Principles and History of the Revolution II- (2-0) 2 ................. ECTS: 2

The content of course includes features in procedure of Turkish Revolution; Establishment of law

system; Establishment of education system; Efforts made in the field of Economy and Finance; Other

innovations to regulate communal life; Domestic politics of Turkish Republic in period of Atatürk;

Foreign Policy of Turkish Republic in period of Atatürk; Death of Atatürk; Domestic and Foreign

Policy of Turkish Republic after period of Atatürk (sum of 1939-1983); Introduction to principals of

Atatürk and general conclusions.

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YDL185 Foreign Language I- (2 0) 2..................... ECTS: 2

The course has characteristics of Introduction to English Language with contents of grammar. During

the course, students are expected to improve their required skills and strategies regarding recognizing

correct linguistic and grammatical structures in order to reinforce their grammatical knowledge. The

course includes significant parts of four skill which consists of reading, speaking, writing and listening

all together in order to support language learning.

YDL186 Foreign Language II (2 0) 2..................... ECTS: 2

As a continuation of YDL1, students are expected to improve their required skills and strategies with

different teaching techniques by recognizing correct linguistic and grammatical structures in order to

reinforce their grammatical knowledge. The course includes significant parts of four skill which

consists of reading, speaking, writing and listening all together in order to support language learning.

Another topics of the course are use and development of strategies of detailed and speed reading,

activation of mental faculties to interpret texts, improvement of strategies regarding learning,

memorizing and using words when necessary.

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