Course Descriptions

Bu dersin amacı: Ahlaklı bir hayat nasıl tanımlanır? İyi ve erdemli birey kimdir? “İyi” ve “kötü”, “doğru” ve “yanlış” arasındaki çizgiyi kim belirler? İyi yurttaş kimdir? Bir yurttaş olarak, kadın/erkek olarak, toplum üyesi olarak hayatlarımızı nasıl yaşamamız gerekir? Modern birey kimdir? Teknoloji, ahlaki yargılarımızı nasıl etkiler? Etik, hukuk, ahlak ve kültürel alanları ilgilendiren bu tarz sorgulamaları günlük hayatımızda sıklıkla yapmaktayız. Bu ders, bu tür soruları tartışmak amacıyla birey ve yurttaş olmanın anlamlarına değinmekte; toplumsal hayatın düzenleyici bileşenlerini ahlak, hukuk, etik ve normlar ile ilişkilendirerek tartışmakta; birey ve iktidar arasındaki ilişkiyi devlet, toplumsal cinsiyet, aile, din ve gözetim gibi konular üzerinden ele almaktadır. Ayrıca, modernleşme kavramını merkeze alarak, değer yargılarının “evrensel” boyuttaki inşasını Doğu ve Batı kültürleri arasındaki iktidar ilişkileri bağlamında sorgulamaktadır.

Compherension of minimum rules and legislations about occupational health and safety, knowledge about obligatory actions to be applied at workplaces.

Introduction to neuroscience. Review of latest studies in the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and physiological psychology. Examination of the structure and functions of the central nervous system, the brain and their roles in emotional, cognitive and social-behavioral processes. Examination of the neural and anatomic features of the central nervous system. Discussion of the role of technological development in the exploration of recent issues and theory construction. Brief description of neurological screening methods.

Introduction to the basic principles of learning processes such as classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning. Description of the theories in the field of learning. Consideration of the application of the conditioning processes within various settings regarding animals and humans. Discussion of various learning theories with emphasis given to experimental studies. Relation the conventional theories to machine learning. Finding and analyzing real-world examples of the principles of learning.

Introduction to the historical development of personality theories with social, developmental, cognitive, affective and clinical concerns. Exploration of classic theories of personality such as psychoanalytic, behavioral, trait, humanistic, cognitive and social roles theories. Comparison of theories from a critical perspective that considers the definitions of healthy personality development in different cultures. Examination and discussion of contemporary research in personality stability, measurement, and definition.

Introduction to statistics. Describing data and frequency distributions. Describing data and graphic presentation. Central tendency and dispersion measures. Probability and permutation and combination. Discrete probability distributions. Continuous probability distributions. Normal probability distribution. Sampling methods and distribution of sample statistics. Central limit theorem. Point estimation and confidence intervals.

Introduction to the research and theories pertaining to the physical, cognitive, social-behavioral, and emotional development of infants and children. Understanding all developmental areas (social-behavioral, physical, perceptual, language and cognitive) from prenatal period to adolescence period. Following and the discussion of the current empirical study findings from a socio-historical, comparative and critical perspective.

Introduction to basic topics and research methods in cognitive psychology. Description of the theories explaining various mental phenomena. Understanding of the methodology used in cognitive research. Examination of the cognitive processes in humans such as perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving and intelligence in humans through covering various studies about these cognitive processes. Reading the empirical articles related to cognitive psychology. Discussions on the explanation of cognitive processes that underlie nature/nurture controversy.

Understanding and discussion of normal and pathological behavior development from a psychopathological perspective. History of psychopathology. Investigation, classification and treatment of psychopathological disorders. Examination of the problems in treatment processes. Discussion on the criteria of normal/abnormal categorization from a cultural and critical perspective. Comparison of the case studies according to the mentioned criteria. Discussion of anxiety, affective mood, eating and personality disorders in adulthood.

Understanding behaviors, emotions, and thoughts in the light of own and others’ attitudes, prejudice, impression formation, attribution, social cognition, and cultural norms. Examination of social influence, development of norms, leadership, group structure and dynamics. Comparison and discussion of the historically specified concepts and theories in the light of ontological and epistemological assumptions. Detailed review of different theoretical perspectives.