The purpose of this course is to provide students with a perspective on how psychology studies topics concerning human behavior, cognition, and emotions. Through the course you will get to know different sub-fields of psychology including developmental, social, cognitive and clinical psychology.
At the end of this course, you will have a sense of how psychology deals with different types of questions and how some basic psychological processes occur and affect human behavior. We will discuss topics related to learning, memory, emotions and perception, social relations and psychological disorders.
Gamze Turunç is a doctoral candidate in Developmental Psychology at Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Master of Science in Developmental Psychology at Middle East Technical University (METU). She’s currently a research assistant and part-time lecturer at Koç University. Her research interests include well-being and socio-cognitive development of pre-school children, and determinants of parental involvement and quality. Currently, she is investigating parenting in post-conflict and high adversity populations such as Syrian refugee fathers living in Türkiye. She hopes that the results of her research will contribute to policy and practice, by identifying protective and risk factors associated with involved parenting in developing countries and vulnerable populations.
Week 1
09-Aug | 10-Aug | 11-Aug | 12-Aug | 13-Aug | |
10:00-10:50 | The science of psychology | Extracurricular Activities | Stoy of our life: Life span development | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities |
10:50-11:10 | Break | Break | |||
11:10-12:00 | Biological basis of behavior | Story of our life: Lifespan development Infancy | |||
12:00-13:00 | Break | Break | |||
13:00-13:50 | Would You be a good eyewitness to a crime? – Memory | How does the mind work? – Cognition | Story of our life: Lifespan development: Early & Middle Childhood | The development of self | |
13:50-14:10 | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
14:10-15:00 | How to train a brain? – Learning | How does the mind work? – Cognition | Story of our life: Lifespan development: Adolescence & early adulthood | What does it mean to love someone? – Our relationships | |
15:00-16:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
16:00-17:00 | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities |
Week 2
16-Aug | 17-Aug | 18-Aug | 19-Aug | 20-Aug | |
10:00-10:50 | Social cognition | Extracurricular Activities | In the pursuit of happiness & well-being | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities |
10:50-11:10 | Break | Break | |||
11:10-12:00 | Thinking of you – Empathy & perspective taking | In the pursuit of happiness & well-being | |||
12:00-13:00 | Break | Break | |||
13:00-13:50 | Attitudes towards others | Are we good? – Our social behaviors | Psychological Disorders | General discussion | |
13:50-14:10 | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
14:10-15:00 | Thinking critical: Social media and behavior | Can we get better? – Our social behaviors | Psychological Disorders | General discussion | |
15:00-16:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
16:00-17:00 | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities | Extracurricular Activities |