Sociology

Course Details

KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi
Programme of Sociology
Course Details

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Period	Semester	T+A+L	Credit	ECTS
03230007	Social Psychology	2	Autumn	3	3+0+0	3	4

Course Type	Compulsory
Course Cycle	Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language	Turkish
Methods and Techniques	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	-
Coordinator	-
Instructor(s)	Assoc. Prof. Hatice BUDAK
Instructor Assistant(s)	-

Course Instructor(s)

Name and Surname	Room	E-Mail Address	Internal	Meeting Hours
Assoc. Prof. Hatice BUDAK	C-130	[email protected]	7438	Thursday 13:30/ 16:30

Course Content

It includes topics such as the individual in the social world, social beliefs and judgments, behavior and attitude, gene, culture and gender, conformity and obedience, group dynamics.

Objectives of the Course

This course is an introduction to social psychology. The aim of the course is to provide students with insights into social relations by relating the individual and the presentation of the individual in the social world, the socialization process of the individual, interpersonal relations, individual-group dynamics and individual-culture interaction to real life examples. In this context, the classical empirical findings in the field of social psychology will focus on basic social psychological themes such as attitudes, attitude change, social identity, social influence, self, intergroup relations.

Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching

Basic Vocational Courses	X
Specialization / Field Courses	X
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses

Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Program Learning Outcomes	Level
P1	To gain sociological reasoning skills and to reveal and interpret social facts.	3
P3	Being able to relate sociology to other disciplines and having the ability to work with these disciplines.	4
P9	Analyzing and using information with a critical perspective and acting in accordance with societal values.	4
P10	Ability to express and make connections between at least two different courses outside the field that contribute to the individual's general culture.	4

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No	Learning Outcomes	Outcome Relationship	Measurement Method **
O1	Revealing social truths using sociological reasoning.	P.1.3	1
O2	Analyzing social events and evaluating them from different perspectives.	P.1.4	1
O3	Integrating and using sociology knowledge with other disciplines.	P.3.3	1
O4	Evaluating the impact of integration between sociology and other disciplines.	P.3.5	1
O5	Understanding how information and data become meaningful in a social context.	P.9.2	1
O6	Analyzing information and data from a critical perspective and using it in daily life.	P.9.3	1
O7	Ability to interpret the concept of lifelong learning.	P.10.2	1
O8	Ability to organize collaboration with different disciplines.	P.10.4	1
O9	Ability to explain issues related to lifelong learning.	P.10.5	1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics
1	What is Social Psychology? The Big Ideas of Social Psychology
2	Social Psychology and Human Values
3	Self in the Social World
4	Self-Esteem and Perceived Self-Control
5	Social Beliefs and Judgments
6	Expectations from our Social World
7	Midterm exam
8	Behavior and Attitudes: How Much Do Attitudes Predict Our Behavior?
9	Why Do Our Behaviors Affect Our Attitudes?
10	Genes, Culture and Gender
11	Gender Similarities and Differences
12	Compliance and Obedience
13	Experiments of M. Sherif, S. Asch and S. Milgram
14	Group Effect on Individual Behavior

Textbook or Material

Resources	Myers., D.G.(2015). Sosyal Psikoloji.(Çev.Serap Akfırat ). Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık
	Timuçin Aktan (2023). Sosyal Psikolojide Kalıpyargılar ve Önyargılar. Akademisyen Kitapevi.
	Salih Dursun, Selver Yıldız Bağdoğan ve Serpil Aytaç (2021). Sosyal Yaşamda Birey Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş. İstanbul: Dora Basım Yayın.

Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Attendance	-	-
Field Study	-	-
Homework	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Midterms	1	49 (%)
Final Exam	1	60 (%)
Total		109 (%)

ECTS / Working Load Table

	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time	14	3	42
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement)	13	2	26
Midterms	1	24	24
Quiz	0	0	0
Homework	3	20	60
Practice	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Workshop	0	0	0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation	0	0	0
Fieldwork	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	28	28
Other	0	0	0
Total Work Load:			180
Total Work Load / 30			6
Course ECTS Credits:			6

Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Learning Outcomes	P1	P3	P9	P10
O1	Revealing social truths using sociological reasoning.	3	-	-	-
O2	Analyzing social events and evaluating them from different perspectives.	3	-	-	-
O3	Integrating and using sociology knowledge with other disciplines.	-	4	-	-
O4	Evaluating the impact of integration between sociology and other disciplines.	-	4	-	-
O5	Understanding how information and data become meaningful in a social context.	-	-	3	-
O6	Analyzing information and data from a critical perspective and using it in daily life.	-	-	4	-
O7	Ability to interpret the concept of lifelong learning.	-	-	-	4
O8	Ability to organize collaboration with different disciplines.	-	-	-	4
O9	Ability to explain issues related to lifelong learning.	-	-	-	4