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PSYCHOLOGY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
PSI118 PSYCHOLOGY 1 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Literature Review Meeting, General Information (Purpose of the Course, Term Plan, How Should We Study?) Lecture
2 Literature Review Exploring Psychology (Definition, Subject, Aims, Importance and Benefit of Psychology, Fields of Application) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
3 Reading relevant textbook section Psychology and Science (Relationship of psychology with other sciences, Research Methods) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
4 Reading relevant textbook section Psychological Basis of Behaviors-I: Building Blocks of the Brain (Structure and Development of the Brain, Structure and Function of Neurons, Transmitters, Reflex) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
5 Reading relevant textbook section Developmental Psychology Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
6 Reading relevant textbook section Developmental Psychology Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
7 Reading relevant textbook section Developmental Psychology Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading relevant textbook section Sensation (Vision, Hearing, Balance, Touch) Pain, Artificial Senses Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
10 Reading relevant textbook section Attention and Perception (Threshold of Perception, Transformation of Senses into Perception, Constancy of Perception, Transsensory Perception) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
11 Reading relevant textbook section Different States of Consciousness: Sleep and Dreams Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
12 Reading relevant textbook section Learning I Classical Conditioning (Conditioning Concepts, Adaptive Value, Conditioned Fear) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
13 Reading relevant textbook section Learning-II: Operant and Cognitive Approaches (Performative Conditioning, Reinforcers, Types of Learning, Behavior Shaping) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
14 Reading relevant textbook section Memory (Sensory Memory, Memory Processes, Encoding, Inoculation of False Memories, Discrete Memory Systems) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
15 Reading relevant textbook section Intelligence (Definition, Measurement, Development of Intelligence, Special Talents, Creativity) Lecture, Discussion, Case Study
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -