Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 405 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 405 Course Title: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PHILOSOPHY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MEHMET SARIÇALI (mehmetsaricali@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Basic facts and principles in social psychology, social norms formation, motives, attitudes and beliefs and socio-psychological effects of them.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can pose the interdisciplineary nature of social psychology PO-6 Approaching in a philosophical fashion to problems in fields such as science, art and culture, and identifying such problems.
PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy.
PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way.
PO-14 Approaching in a philosophical-logical manner to discussions in non-philosophical fields.
Examination
LO-2 can apply the social psychological knowledge to different social areas PO-6 Approaching in a philosophical fashion to problems in fields such as science, art and culture, and identifying such problems.
PO-7 Making use of interdisciplinary knowledge in the examination of universal and local problems in science, religion and art.
PO-14 Approaching in a philosophical-logical manner to discussions in non-philosophical fields.
Examination
LO-3 Can recognizes an issue with an interdisciplineary approach PO-6 Approaching in a philosophical fashion to problems in fields such as science, art and culture, and identifying such problems.
PO-7 Making use of interdisciplinary knowledge in the examination of universal and local problems in science, religion and art.
PO-14 Approaching in a philosophical-logical manner to discussions in non-philosophical fields.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic facts and principles in social psychology, social norms formation, motives, attitudes, beliefs.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction and Overview Introduction to Literature Discussion, instruction
2 Introduction and Overview Introduction to Literature Discussion, instruction
3 Basic Facts and Principles of Social Psychology Discussion, instruction
4 Experience and Behavior in Social Situations Discussion, instruction
5 A Case of Group Structure and Functioning Discussion, instruction
6 Social Psychological Factors Affecting Formation of the group Discussion, instruction
7 Formation of Social Norms Discussion, instruction
8 mid-term exam
9 collective Behavior Discussion, instruction
10 Motives in Social Psychology Discussion, instruction
11 Ego involvement and Reference Groups Discussion, instruction
12 Group prejudice Discussion, instruction
13 Organizations and Social Movements Causes leading to the modification of behavior Discussion, instruction
14 Organizations and Social Movements Causes leading to the modification of behavior Discussion, instruction
15 Contemporary Social Issues Discussion, instruction
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Michael A. Hogg ve Graham M. Vaughan, Sosyal Psikoloji, Çev. İbrahim Yıldız, Ütopya Yayınevi, 2014
2 David G. Myers, Sosyal Psikoloji, Çev. Edit. Serap Akfırat, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2015
3 Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı ve Zeynep Cemalcılar, Dünden Bugüne İnsan ve İnsanlar, Evrim Yayınları, 2016
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 6 5 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 6 5 30
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 4 28
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 164