| Psychology | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | PSI304 | ||||
| Course Name: | Psychopathology | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. PERVİN TUNÇ | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Vahide Ulusoy Gökçek | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | Aim of the course is to introduce students a wide range of mental disorders including anxiety, mood, somatic, dissociative, substance related, eating, personality and psychotic disorders, historical and contemporary paradigms to mental disorders and symptoms and etiology of each psychological disorder. |
| Course Content: | Psychological disorders of adulthood, abnormal behavior, multidimensional classification system, protective and risk factors within the framework of adaptive and non-adaptive behaviors. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students comprehends the historical and contemporary paradigms to mental disorders. 2) Students explains related concepts such as normality, abnormality, psychopathology, psychological syndrome. 3) Students lists main symptoms of some specific psychopathologies, presented in DSM-5. 4) Students comprehends the etiology of psychological disorders. 5) Discerns between specific symptoms and a mental disorder. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to the concepts of ‘normality’, ‘abnormality’ and psychopathology | |
| 2) | Historical and contemporary paradigms concerning psychopathology | |
| 3) | Clinical assessment and diagnosis of psychopathology | |
| 4) | Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorders | |
| 5) | Mood Disorders: Depression Suicide | |
| 6) | 1st Midterm | |
| 7) | Anxiety and Related Disorders | |
| 8) | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders | |
| 9) | Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders | |
| 10) | Dissociation Disorders | |
| 11) | 2nd Midterm | |
| 12) | Psychotic Disorders | |
| 13) | Personality Disorders | |
| 14) | Personality Disorders | |
| 15) | Final Exam |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. (DSM-5), 2013 American Psychiatric Association. Morrison, J. (2014). Made easy the clinician’s guide to diagnosis. NY: Guilford Press Öztürk, O. (2018). Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları (15. Basım). Ankara: Hekimler Yayın Birliği. Oltmann, T.F. & Emery, R. E. (2015) Abnormal Psychology (8th eds.). Pearson. |
| References: | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. (DSM-5), 2013 American Psychiatric Association. Morrison, J. (2014). Made easy the clinician’s guide to diagnosis. NY: Guilford Press Öztürk, O. (2018). Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları (15. Basım). Ankara: Hekimler Yayın Birliği. Oltmann, T.F. & Emery, R. E. (2015) Abnormal Psychology (8th eds.). Pearson. |
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| 1) Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2) Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3) Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4) Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Collect and analyze the research data and report the findings in accordance to ethical publication rules. | ||||||||||||||
| 6) Develop and utilize measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | ||||||||||||||
| 7) Have the skills and abilities to follow advances in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Have the skills and abilities to work effectively on individual and group based. | ||||||||||||||
| 9) Have the skills and abilities to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | ||||||||||||||
| 10) Behave in accordance to the professional code of ethics applied to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) Be unprejudiced and equal to various identity groups based on such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | ||||||||||||||
| 12) Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights. | ||||||||||||||
| 13) Master a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||
| 14) Master the computer softwares within information and communication technologies at least European computer driving licence. | ||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology. | 2 |
| 2) | Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings | 3 |
| 3) | Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human. | 3 |
| 4) | Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view. | |
| 5) | Collect and analyze the research data and report the findings in accordance to ethical publication rules. | |
| 6) | Develop and utilize measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | |
| 7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow advances in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
| 8) | Have the skills and abilities to work effectively on individual and group based. | |
| 9) | Have the skills and abilities to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
| 10) | Behave in accordance to the professional code of ethics applied to psychology. | |
| 11) | Be unprejudiced and equal to various identity groups based on such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | |
| 12) | Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights. | |
| 13) | Master a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | |
| 14) | Master the computer softwares within information and communication technologies at least European computer driving licence. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
| Midterms | 2 | % 50 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 12 | 36 |
| Quizzes | 5 | 41 |
| Midterms | 1 | 26 |
| Final | 1 | 47 |
| Total Workload | 150 | |