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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / PSİ 205 - PSYCHOLOGY

Code: PSİ 205 Course Title: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PSYCHOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NİLGÜN TÜRKİLERİ (n.turkileri@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) NİLGÜN TÜRKİLERİ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The goal of this course is to learn the basic principles, processes and concepts of psychology of learning and the findings and explanatory theories in the field, and to associate this information with subjects in other subfields of psychology.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To be able to recognize and illustrate causality PO-1 Knows the basic concepts related to psychology.
Examination
LO-2 To be able to classify research variables PO-1 Knows the basic concepts related to psychology.
PO-3 Identifies, models and solves scientific problems in psychology and related fields.
Examination
LO-3 To be able to evaluate experimental and non-experimental research in the literature. PO-3 Identifies, models and solves scientific problems in psychology and related fields.
PO-6 Interprets and evaluates data using advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field, identifies and analyzes problems parallel to current technological developments, and develops solutions based on research and evidence.
Examination
LO-4 To be able to list the basic principles and operations of operant and classical conditioning. PO-1 Knows the basic concepts related to psychology.
PO-3 Identifies, models and solves scientific problems in psychology and related fields.
Examination
LO-5 To be able to ompare the basic principles and operations of operant and classical conditioning. PO-3 Identifies, models and solves scientific problems in psychology and related fields.
Examination
LO-6 To be able to establish the relationship between learning psychology and other subfields of psychology. PO-1 Knows the basic concepts related to psychology.
PO-2 Adapts and transfers the knowledge they have acquired in the field of psychology to other disciplines
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course covers the principles and determinants of operant and classical conditioning processes, current theoretical approaches and current findings in this field.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Learning Verbal presentation and Q&A
2 Historical Advances in Psychology of Learning Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
3 Perceptual Learning and Classical Conditioning Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
4 Classical Conditioning: Acquisition, Extinction, Generalization, Discrimination Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
5 Application of Classical Conditioning Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
6 Operant Conditioning: Key Concepts Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
7 Reinforcement Schedules and Reinforcement Theories Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
8 mid-term exam
9 Conditioning in Everyday Life and Clinical Settings Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
10 Social Cognitive Learning Theories Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
11 Cognitivism, Verbal Learning and Memory Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
12 Sociocultural Theories Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
13 Motivation and Affect Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
14 Developmental Processes and Transfer of Knowledge Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
15 Learning and Brain Sözlü anlatım ve soru-cevap
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Alıcı, T. (2010). Öğrenmenin Bilimsel Temelleri. Palme Yayıncılık.
2 Terry, W. S. (2011). Öğrenme ve Bellek (Çeviri Editörü, Banu Cangöz). Anı Yayıncılık.
3 Domjan, M. (2016). Koşullama ve Öğrenmenin Temelleri (Çeviren, Hakan Çetinkaya) (3. Baskı). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.
Required Course instruments and materials
Book Article

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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 4 1 4
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 1 4
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 7 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 14 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 143