Psychology Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

PSI306

Course Name:

Ethics in Psychology

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. EZGİ ILDIRIM

Course Lecturer(s):

Vahide Ulusoy Gökçek

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	Aim of the course is to examine the ethical and professional issues that the psychologists face when working in a variety of professional contexts. including boundaries both personal and professional, dual relationships, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, psychology and the media, psychology and the law, deception in psychological research.
Course Content:	Ethical rules and principles for science of psychology and its applications, TPD ethical codes and case studies.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Student understands ethical behaviour.
2) Student understands general principles of reasoning.
3) Student applies various frameworks of ethical decision-making.
4) Student explains different ethical standards and guidelines.
5) Student critically analyzes different ethical violations and their implications for practice.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Orientation, presentation of topics and materials
2)	An introduction to Ethics, ethical reasoning
3)	Enforcement of ethical conduct; ethics committees; TPD
4)	Turkish Code of Ethics for Psychologists (TPD), Other Code of Ethics (such as British, European, American), TPD Regulations for Ethical Processing
5)	Regulations of Etchical Processing
6)	Ethical and professional issues in psychotherapy: special obligations of therapists
7)	Ethical Issues in therapies involving multiple clients
8)	Midterm
9)	Confidentiality and record-keeping
10)	Multiple role relationships and conflicts of interest, boundary issues (Attraction and romance, intimacies )
11)	Ethics in pychology researches
12)	Presenting Psychology and psychologists in public spheres
13)	Psychologists in the legal system
14)	Recap
15)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Bersoff D.N. (2008). Ethical Conflicts: Psychology. Washington , DC: American Psychological Association. Turkish Code of Ethics for Psychologists (TPD) TPD Regulations for Ethical Processing Other Code of Ethics (such as British, European, American) Korkut Y. (2014) Psikologlar için Etik Öğretim El Kitabı. Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.
References:	Other Code of Ethics (such as British, European, American) Korkut Y. (2014) Psikologlar için Etik Öğretim El Kitabı. Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology.
2) Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings
3) Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human.
4) Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view.	2	2	2	2	2
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.	3	3	3	3	3
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.	3	3	3	3	3
12) Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights.	3	3	3	3	3
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.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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)	Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings
3)	Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human.
4)	Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view.	2
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.	3
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.	3
12)	Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights.	3
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.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Project	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	13	0	3		39
Project	1	20			20
Homework Assignments	2	10			20
Midterms	1	0	31		31
Final	1	0	40		40
Total Workload					150