Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
170201003105INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGYCompulsory233
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Aims helping students to understand themselves, to identify their and others behaviors and to make them aware about these behaviors.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç.Dr.Mirpenç AKŞİT
Learning Outcomes
1Student; comments on description, subject, research area and purpose of psychology.
2Explains subjects of psychology through related literature.
3Comments on perception and concious.
4Explains motivation, emotion and excitement.
5Anaylses personality and notions about it.
6Evaluates mental health and abnormal behaviors.
7Produce solutions for essential problems of society through anlyses about social behaviors.
8Explains human development together with it’s process and factors.
9Gets on with others on the strength of the knowledge that gained from that lesson.
10Does original studies about psychology through scientific research methods.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introducing of subject, study area and purpose of psychology
2Different approaches in psychology
3Data gathering style and methods
4Human development and the factors which direct it
5Essential development processes
6Introducing of sensation and perception
7Concious and states of consciousness
8Motivation
9Emotions and excitement
10Introducing the notions of personality, ego and self
11Personality theories, formation and integration of personality
12Mental health, normal and abnormal behaviors
13Social behavior and attitudes
14Description of group and it’s effects on individual
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination144
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination6530
Individual Study for Final Examination6212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
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