| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Doctorate Of Science |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 10 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Can apply the concepts of social perception and social cognition to other fields of social psychology.
- Can use social cognition and social perception issues to find solutions to social problems.
- Can benefit from these topics in identifying and solving questions and problems in their own lives.
- Can develop applications for other sub-fields of psychology.
- Can interpret the relations of social perception and cognition literature with different behavioral sciences.
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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 aims to examine how we perceive, represent, interpret and remember the information regarding ourselves, other people and other groups from a scientific perspective. The course aims to discuss how individuals use social information and how social information affects the perception of stereotypes in terms of the related social psychology literature. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction |
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2nd Week |
Binary Model of Cognition |
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3rd Week |
Attention and Encoding |
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4th Week |
Representation in Memory |
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5th Week |
Self in Social Cognition |
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6th Week |
Citation Processes |
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7th Week |
Shortcuts and Biases |
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8th Week |
Social Inference |
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9th Week |
Cognitive Structure of Attitudes |
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10th Week |
Cognitive Processes of Attitudes |
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11th Week |
Stereotypes |
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12th Week |
Prejudices |
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13th Week |
Cognition and Emotion |
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14th Week |
Behavior and Emotion |
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15th Week |
General Review |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Fiske, S. T. & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Social cognition: From brains to culture. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
* The basic materials to be used in this course are updated every year. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Project |
1 |
60 |
| Total(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
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|
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| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
24 |
24 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
|
|
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| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
1 |
160 |
160 |
| Total Work Load | 302 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 10.06 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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