Examines universal and culture-specific aspects of human behavior and mental processes, critically evaluating psychological theory from a cultural and cross-cultural perspective.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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Learning Outcomes |
Program Outcomes |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
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Ability to explain what cultural psychology is, its historical development, and its ties to psychology and anthropology. |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C, G |
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Ability to conduct a critical analysis of the link between culture and the psychology’s main subjects of study |
1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C, G |
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Ability to conduct a critical analyses of the universal arguments about human beings |
9, 10, 14, 15, 16 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C, G |
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Ability to describe an insight about the problems of liberal societies in the light of the cultural psychological knowledge |
9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C, G |
Course Flow
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Week |
Topics |
Study Materials |
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1 |
Introduction: Theoretical, historical, and philosophical issues |
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What is cultural psychology? |
Shweder, 1991. |
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What is culture? |
Shweder, 1984 Unit 2 |
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4 |
Culture and Cognition |
Vygotsky Chapter 2-4; Schwartz, White, & Lutz, Chapter 2 |
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5 |
Culture and Cognition |
Kitayama, S. & Duffy, S. 2004 |
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6 |
Culture and Cognition |
Casey & Edgerton. Ch. 3 |
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7 |
Midterm |
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8 |
Culture and Emotion |
Ekman, 1999 |
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9 |
Culture and Emotion |
Briggs. 2000 |
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10 |
Culture and Development |
Kitayama, S., Markus, H., & Kurokawa, S. 2000 |
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11 |
Culture and Development |
Schwartz, White, & Lutz, Ch. 6 |
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12 |
Culture and the Self |
Schwartz, White, & Lutz, Chapter 5 |
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Culture and the Self |
Kağıtçıbaşı, 2005 |
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14 |
Understanding the Other |
Shweder, 2002 |
Recommended Sources
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Textbook |
Briggs, Jean. 2000. Emotions Have Many Faces: Inuit Lessons. Anthropologica, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 157-164. Conerly Casey & Robert B. Edgerton (eds). 2005. A Companion to Psychological Anthropology: Modernity and Psychocultural Change. New York: Blackwell. Ekman, P. 1999. “Basic Emotions” in Dalgeleish, T. And M. Power (eds.) Handbook of cognition and Emotion. New York: John Wiley &Sons. Kağıtçıbaşı, Çiğdem. 2005. Autonomy and Relatedness in Cultural context: Implications for Self and Family. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36:403-422. Kitayama, S., Markus, H., & Kurokawa, S. 2000. Culture, Emotion, and Well-Being: Good Feelings in Japan and the United States. Cognition and Emotion. Vol. 14, 93-124. Kitayama, S. & Duffy, S. 2004. Cultural competence—Tacit, yet fundamental: Self, social relations, and cognition in the US and Japan. In R. J., Sternberg, & E. L. Grigorenko, (Eds.), Culture and competence: Contexts of life success. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Pp: 55-87. Kitayama, S., Markus, H., & Kurokawa, S. 2000. Culture, Emotion, and Well-Being: Good Feelings in Japan and the United States. Cognition and Emotion. Vol. 14, 93-124. Robert A. Levine. 2010. Psychological Anthropology: A reader on Self in Culture. New York: Wiley-Blackwell. Schwartz, T., White, M. G., & Lutz, C. (eds.). 1995. New Directions in Psychological Anthropology. New York: Cambridge University Press. Shweder, R. (ed.). 1984. Culture Theory: Mind, Self, and Emotion. New York: Cambridge University Press. Shweder, Richard A. 1991. "Cultural Psychology: What is it?" Pp. 73-112 in Thinking Through Cultures: Expeditions in Cultural Psychology, edited by Richard A. Shweder. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Shweder, Richard A. 2002. “What about female genital mutilation?’ Why understanding culture matters in the first place” pp. 216-252 in Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies edited by Shweder, Richard A., Martha Minow, and Hazel Markus. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. |
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Additional Resources |
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Material Sharing
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Assignments |
2 Presentations |
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Exams |
1 midterm exam; 1 final exam |
Assessment
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IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
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Mid-terms |
1 |
54 |
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Presentation |
2 |
30 |
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Participation |
1 |
16 |
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Total |
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100 |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade |
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35 |
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Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade |
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65 |
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Total |
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100 |
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Course Category |
Expertise/Field Courses |
Course’s Contribution to Program
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Program Learning Outcomes |
Contribution |
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Mastering the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, and historical trends of psychology as a scientific discipline. |
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x |
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Demonstrating familiarity with the subfields of psychology and their methods and applications. |
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x |
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Incorporating the theories and empirical bases of psychology. |
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x |
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Comparing the similarities and differences of other scientific disciplines with psychology, understanding their potential contribution to psychology, and develop an awareness of interdisciplinary studies. |
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x |
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Understanding the basic characteristics and principles of psychological research, and research ethics. |
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x |
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Understanding the basic research methods in psychology, including research design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation by using recent information technologies. |
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x |
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Designing and conducting research studies to answer psychological questions by using relevant research methods, knowledge and skills. |
x |
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Learning to access knowledge, to use it effectively, to review interdisciplinary literature, and to use the relevant database and other resources. |
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x |
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Applying critical thinking and scientific approach to understand theories, research methods and applications in psychology. |
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x |
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Developing analytical, critical and creative thinking and expression—being both logical and fluent. |
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X |
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Developing an awareness of potential application areas of main research findings in psychology. |
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x |
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Incorporating theoretical and practical knowledge in the area of psychology and its related areas of specialization. |
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x |
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Learning the application areas and methods of psychology, and understanding the importance of the commitment to the professional code of ethics. |
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x |
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Integrating psychological knowledge and theories to produce social, cultural and theoretical explanations within the framework of professional code of ethics. Exhibiting an awareness of social sensitivity and individual responsibility. |
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x |
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15 |
Working effectively both as a team, as well as independently. |
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x |
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Thinking, reading, writing, and communicating in English effectively. |
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x |
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ECTS
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Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week: 14x Total course hours) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
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Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
14 |
7 |
98 |
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Mid-Term |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Homework |
2 |
5 |
10 |
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Final Examination |
1 |
15 |
15 |
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Total Work Load |
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175 |
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Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
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7 |
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ECTS Credit of the Course |
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7 |