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PSY 202 Section 02 Psychology for Everyday Life

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INSTRUCTOR RECORD

Name: Bilge Yalçındağ

Email: bilge.yalcindag@agu.edu.tr

Office Hours: by appointment

Course Assistant(s)

Name(s): Bengisu Akkurt

Email: bengisu.akkurt@agu.edu.tr

Office Hours: TBA

COURSE RECORD

Code: PSY 202

Name: Psychology for Everyday Life 

Hour: per week 3 (Theory:3 + Practice:0 + Lab:0) Credit 3

ECTS: 5

Level/Year: Undergraduate/Second

Semester: Fall

Type: Elective

Classroom: Online

Prerequisites: None Special Conditions Webpage

Content

This course is designed to offer basic concepts of the science of psychology to the students from various disciplines. It aims to familiarize students with the basic principles, methods, history, and areas of psychology. Students will be equipped with the knowledge related to motivation, emotion, basic developmental stages, social behavior such as attraction and aggression, stress, personal growth, and psychological disorders.

Objectives

01: To familiarize students with the basic principles, methods, history and areas of psychology.

02: To introduce knowledge of how human mind works

03: To increase awareness of how humans can be destructive

04: To familiarize students with the psychological approach to daily problems O5: To familiarize students with the psychological approach to psychological problems

Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methodology

LO1: classify developmental stages in life

LO2: identify and acknowledge human motivations, emotions LO3: recognize human sexuality, be aware of sexism

LO4: discuss societal issues such as aggression or prejudice

LO5: discuss basic affiliation mechanisms and prosocial behavior

LO6: apply the principles and concepts in meeting the many challenges in everyday life to achieve a more adaptive personal growth and better psychological adjustment

Learners will be provided with as many opportunities of hands-on practice as possible with the aim of striking a balance between learner-centeredness and sufficient guidance. Various forms of interaction (i.e. pair work and group work) will also be encouraged to cater for learners with different learning styles. Additionally, individuals will be expected to produce both in-class writings and homework assignments in addition to the reading tasks, which will encourage them to reflect and think critically. Technology will also be incorporated into the classroom procedures in order to create a better learning environment.

Requirements

Reading List Ciccarelli, S. K., & White, J. N. (2017). Psychology. England: Pearson.

Franzoi, S. (2006). Essentials of Psychology. Ohio: Atomic Dog Publishing. Franzoi, S. (2012). Social psychology (5th ed.). USA: BVT Publishing.

 

Assessment

Evaluation Criteria

Weight (%)

Midterm/Submission

30

Project submission

30

Final Exam/Submission

40
Total 100

For a detailed description of grading policy and scale, please refer to the website https://goo.gl/HbPM2y section 28.

ETHICAL RULES AND COURSE POLICY

Course Policies 

  • Please, no eating in class

  • English should be used at all times to communicate with one another during instruction hours.

  • Please, respect the allotted times provided for breaks.

  • Cell phones must be turned off and put away during class.

  • Personal computers are only to be used during in-class lab times and only for class assignments. Unless it is part of the lecture time activity assigned by the instructor, do not use the computer. When using the computer do not surf on the web or write personal emails, etc. Consequences include but are not limited to loss of participation points, extra assignments, and/or being asked to leave the classroom.

  • Please, bring the required materials, including your notebooks.

  • Please be prepared, having read, written and studied the assigned lessons, articles, or passages;

  • Please be ready to write assignments in class that will be graded; and most importantly work cooperatively with other students.

    For the AGU Make-up policy, please refer to the website https://goo.gl/HbPM2y section 26.

Attendance Policy 

  • Be in the class on time (being late for class is an extreme annoyance to the entire class).

  • Class attendance is strongly recommended and will count toward your participation grade. Regular class time will include informal assessment activities for which points will be assigned. Participation in these activities will help you prepare for exams and homework and also provide me with feedback on your progress.

  • For a detailed description of AGU attendance policy, please refer to the website at https://goo.gl/HbPM2y section 25.

Email Policy

When contacting the instructor or the course assistant, please use the Canvas email feature. You can use my AGU email if Canvas is not accessible (server down, etc). Include in the subject line the class and section number (PSY 202 Section O2). If this information is not included, your email may not be answered. Any announcements or warnings will be sent to your AGU e-mail. Therefore, it is the responsibility of every student to read their AGU e-mails and CANVAS emails regularly. AGU webmail can be accessed through https://mail.agu.edu.tr

Cheating & Plagiarism

You are responsible for knowing the University policies on cheating and plagiarism. Not giving credit to a person for their intellectual work and passing it off as your own is stealing.

Specifically:

  • Copying or allowing someone to copy your work on an exam, homework, or in class assignment is cheating.

  • Cutting and pasting material from the web or any other electronic source is plagiarism.

  • Copying and turning in the same assignment as someone else, from this class or from another class, is cheating. Unless explicitly told otherwise, you can discuss and problem- solve on homework together but the final product has to be your own – not just your own handwriting but your own way of explaining and organizing your ideas.

  • Making superficial changes (minor additions, deletions, word changes, tense changes, etc.) to material obtained from another person, the web, a book, magazine, song, etc. and not citing the work, is plagiarism. The idea is the intellectual property, not the specific format in which it appears (e.g., you wouldn’t reword Einstein’s theory of relativity and imply that relativity was your own idea, would you?)

  • If you find material and it is exactly what you are trying to say, or you want to discuss someone’s idea, give the person credit and cite it appropriately. Don’t overuse citations and quotes: instructors want to know how you think and reason, not how someone else does.

  • If you have any questions or concerns about whether your behavior could be interpreted as plagiarism, please ask the assistants or me before you submit the work.

For a detailed description of AGU policies, please refer to the website at https://goo.gl/FjLhzH

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

W

Date

Topic

Activities/Assignments/ Readings

1

 

Getting to know each other and introduction

Syllabus

2

 

Psychology as a Science

Ciccarelli & White, Ch.1

3

 

Human Development

Ciccarelli & White, Ch.8; Franzoi Ch. 3

4

 

Sexuality and Gender

Ciccarelli & White, Ch.10

5

 

Motivation & Emotion

Ciccarelli & White, Ch.9

6

 

Social behavior: perception & cognition

Franzoi (2012) Ch. 4

7

 

Midterm

First 6 weeks

8

 

Social behavior: the self

Franzoi (2012) Ch. 3

9

 

Social behavior: aggression

Franzoi Ch. 13

10

 

Social behavior: prejudice

Franzoi Ch. 13

11

 

Social behavior: close relationships

Franzoi Ch. 13

12

 

Social behavior: prosocial behavior

Franzoi Ch. 13

13

 

Stress and Health

Ciccarelli & White, Ch.11

14

 

Psychological Disorders and Therapy

Franzoi Ch. 11

15

 

Final Exam Project submission

Comprehensive

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