| Course Code: | PSI306 | ||||
| Course Name: | Ethics in Psychology | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. EZGİ ILDIRIM | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Dr. Öğr. Üye. Ezgi Ildırım | ||||
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| 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. |
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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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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| Program Outcomes |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |
| Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
| Project | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Aktivitede Harcanan Süre | 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 | ||||||