| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree With Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 7 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Make distinction between existential philosophy and existential psychology.
- Learn how to test existential problems in psychological studies.
- Question existential anxieties in their lives.
- Develop methodology to experimentally test existential parameters.
- Evaluate psychological concepts through existential philosophy.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | This course contains topics in existentialism and experimental existential psychology. The topics include existential philosophy, existential anxieties, death and dying, freedom, isolation, search for meaning, and experimental existential psychology. The course is interested in the ideas of both existential philosophers such as Camus and Sartre and the founders of existential psychology such as Frankl and May. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to Existential Psychology |
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2nd Week |
Introduction to Existential Philosophy |
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3rd Week |
Existentialism and the Absurd |
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4th Week |
Being-in-the-World |
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5th Week |
What is Death? |
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6th Week |
Body, Soul, and Immortality |
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7th Week |
Fear of Death and Terror Management |
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8th Week |
Mid-term Exam |
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9th Week |
The Existential Self |
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10th Week |
Isolation |
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11th Week |
Existential Isolation |
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12th Week |
Freedom |
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13th Week |
The Meaning of Life |
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14th Week |
Existential Anxieties Combined |
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15th Week |
Experimental Existential Psychology |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Greenberg, J, Koole, S. L., & Pyszczynski, T. (2004). Handbook of experimental existential psychology. New York: Guilford |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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|
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
9 |
126 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
16 |
16 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
16 |
16 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
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| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
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| Total Work Load | 209 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 6.96 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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