| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences | |||||
| Course Code | PSYC 466 | |||||
| Course Title in English | Readings and Research in Developmental Psychology VI | |||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Gelişim Psikolojisinde Okuma ve Araştırma VI | |||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | |||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | |||||
| Level of Course | Advanced | |||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 198 hours per semester | |||||
| Number of Credits | 7.5 ECTS | |||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | |||||
| Pre-requisites |
PSYC 205 - Research Methods I PSYC 202 - Developmental Psychology II |
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| Expected Prior Knowledge | Research methods in psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) | |||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||
| Registration Restrictions | PSYC 202; PSYC 205 | |||||
| Overall Educational Objective | This course aims to prepare students to build and improve their arsenal in conducting research in psychology, with a focus on samples of older adults. They will be reading the current literature, conducting analyses, and write research reports. At the end of the course, they are aimed to be ready to be junior members in psychology research labs. | |||||
| Course Description | This course is an advanced course on developmental psychology, with a focus on older adults. The main goals of the course are to familiarize students with the lifespan perspective on developmental psychology. Further, the course will be focusing on psychosocial predictors of health in older adults. At the end of the course, the students would be equipped with necessary arsenal to be able to understand and critique empirical articles published in highly acclaimed psychology journals. Students will also be able to conduct research, evaluate the findings and write them up in an empirical format. Students will be conducting secondary data analysis from an available data set and testing their pre-registered hypotheses. One of the main aims of this course is to promote critical thinking and enable students to critically evaluate the research findings communicated in scientific journals. | |||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Bu ders, gelişim psikolojisi alanında ileri düzey bir ders olup, yaşlı yetişkinlere odaklanmaktadır. Dersin ana hedefleri, öğrencileri gelişim psikolojisinde yaşam boyu perspektifle tanıştırmaktır. Ayrıca ders, yaşlı yetişkinlerde sağlıkla ilgili psikososyal belirleyicilere odaklanacaktır. Dersin sonunda, öğrenciler, saygın psikoloji dergilerinde yayımlanan ampirik makaleleri anlamak ve eleştirmek için gerekli donanıma sahip olacaklardır. Öğrenciler ayrıca araştırma yapabilecek, bulguları değerlendirebilecek ve bunları ampirik bir formatta yazabileceklerdir. Öğrenciler, mevcut bir veri setinden ikincil veri analizi yapacak ve önceden kayıtlı hipotezlerini test edeceklerdir. Bu dersin ana amaçlarından biri, eleştirel düşünmeyi teşvik etmek ve öğrencilerin bilimsel dergilerde yayımlanan araştırma bulgularını eleştirel bir şekilde değerlendirebilmelerini sağlamaktır |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) have a good standing in the use of SPSS 2) evaluate scientific articles in relation to the research methods and theories employed 3) conduct scientific research 4) evaluate the findings of research through SPSS 5) write research findings up in an empirical format 6) discuss and present psychological theories and research in the correct ethical format |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Thorough knowledge of the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. | ||||||
| 2) Understanding of and ability to apply essential research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and data interpretation. | ||||||
| 3) Competence to use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry and a scientific approach to solving problems related to behavior and mental processes. | ||||||
| 4) Understanding and ability to apply psychological principles, skills and values in personal, social, and organizational contexts. | ||||||
| 5) Ability to weigh evidence, to tolerate ambiguity, and to reflect other values that underpin psychology as a discipline. | ||||||
| 6) Internalization and dissemination of professional ethical standards. | ||||||
| 7) Demonstration of competence in information technologies, and the ability to use computer and other technologies for purposes related to the pursuit of knowledge in psychology and the broader social sciences. | ||||||
| 8) Skills to communicate the knowledge of psychological science effectively, in a variety of formats, in both Turkish and in English (in English, at least CEFR B2 level). | ||||||
| 9) Recognition, understanding, and respect for the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity. | ||||||
| 10) Recognition for the need for, and the skills to pursue, lifelong learning, inquiry, and self-improvement. | ||||||
| 11) Ability to formulate critical hypotheses based on psychological theory and literature, and design studies to test those hypotheses. | ||||||
| 12) Ability to acquire knowledge independently, and to plan one’s own learning. | ||||||
| 13) Demonstration of advanced competence in the clarity and composition of written work and presentations. |
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Thorough knowledge of the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. | N | |
| 2) | Understanding of and ability to apply essential research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and data interpretation. | N | |
| 3) | Competence to use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry and a scientific approach to solving problems related to behavior and mental processes. | N | |
| 4) | Understanding and ability to apply psychological principles, skills and values in personal, social, and organizational contexts. | N | |
| 5) | Ability to weigh evidence, to tolerate ambiguity, and to reflect other values that underpin psychology as a discipline. | N | |
| 6) | Internalization and dissemination of professional ethical standards. | N | |
| 7) | Demonstration of competence in information technologies, and the ability to use computer and other technologies for purposes related to the pursuit of knowledge in psychology and the broader social sciences. | N | |
| 8) | Skills to communicate the knowledge of psychological science effectively, in a variety of formats, in both Turkish and in English (in English, at least CEFR B2 level). | N | |
| 9) | Recognition, understanding, and respect for the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity. | N | |
| 10) | Recognition for the need for, and the skills to pursue, lifelong learning, inquiry, and self-improvement. | N | |
| 11) | Ability to formulate critical hypotheses based on psychological theory and literature, and design studies to test those hypotheses. | N | |
| 12) | Ability to acquire knowledge independently, and to plan one’s own learning. | N | |
| 13) | Demonstration of advanced competence in the clarity and composition of written work and presentations. | N |
| Prepared by and Date | , |
| Course Coordinator | BARIŞ SEVİ |
| Semester | |
| Name of Instructor | Asst. Prof. Dr. BARIŞ SEVİ |
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Theoretical Perspectives on Psychology of Aging |
| 2) | Cross-Cultural Psychology of Aging |
| 3) | Psychosocial Predictors of Health |
| 4) | Literature Search on Predictors of Health in Older Adults |
| 5) | Presentation on Current Literature |
| 6) | Open Science Movement and Pre-Registiration |
| 7) | SPSS Lab – Descriptive Statistics and Reliability |
| 8) | SPSS Lab – t-test and Anova |
| 9) | SPSS Lab – Correlations |
| 10) | SPSS Lab – Regression |
| 11) | Conducting Secondary Analysis |
| 12) | Interpreting and Reporting Findings |
| 13) | Preparing Presentations |
| 14) | Project Presentations |
| 15) | Final Examination Period |
| 16) | Final Examination Period |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Recommended Textbook: Dancey, C., & Reidy, J. (2020). Statistics Without Maths for Psychology (8th ed.). Pearson There will also be a set of required empirical articles. | ||||||
| Teaching Methods | This course will be taught entirely in the flipped format. Students will be assigned reading materials or pre-class assignments every week. Most weeks, all students will be engaging in a discussion on research methodology and theoretical background of articles. Most weeks, students will learn to advance their literature reviewing skills as well as coding and analysing in a statistical package program. Students will be expected to prepare for class by spending sufficient time to master the preparatory materials. They will also be expected to contribute appropriately to class discussions and to assisting the learning of other students. Students will be conducting a research project and receive feedback along the steps, where they will be learning from their mistakes or areas where they can make improvements. I as the instructor commit to preparing and selecting high-quality materials for each class. This course is aimed at final year Psychology students. | ||||||
| Homework and Projects | Students will be asked to engage in discussion sessions of the course based on the assigned required reading of an article published in high impact psychology journals. Students will also be asked to code and analyse with a statistical package program and write an empirical article based on these analyses in APA format. | ||||||
| Laboratory Work | Students will use a statistical package program to enter and analyse the data they have collected as well as to do literature review for their empirical paper. | ||||||
| Computer Use | Students will work with a statistical package program to enter and analyse the data they have collected as well as to do literature review for their empirical paper. | ||||||
| Other Activities | Students will be asked to read each week’s articles prior to that week’s classroom session. Classroom discussions will be based on these readings. | ||||||
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| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 12 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Laboratory | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 98 | ||
| Application | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 70 | ||
| Quiz(zes) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Total Workload | 198 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 7.9 | ||||||
| ECTS | 7.5 | ||||||