COURSE SYLLABUS

LEARNING PSYCHOLOGY

1	Course Title:	LEARNING PSYCHOLOGY
2	Course Code:	PSİ2074
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. TEVFİK ALICI
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç.Dr. Handan CAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	eposta:alici@uludag.edu.tr Oda tel: 0224-2941871 Adres:Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Psikoloji Bölümü Görükle/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective is to understand the basic concepts and phenomena of learning mechanisms, theoretical approaches to them, and findings about the underlying neurobiology of these mechanisms.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students taking the course to acquire basic knowledge of learning mechanisms that could be applied in varied psychology fields.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Understand the fundemental concepts of learning psychology ;
2	Understand the history of learning psychology;
3	Remember the fundemental phenomena of classical conditioning ;
4	To be able to follow up the theoretical discussions of classical conditioning ;
5	Remember the fundemental phenomena of operant conditioning ;
6	To be able to follow up the theoretical discussions of operant conditioning ;
7	Understand the general mechanisms of neurobiological bases of learning;
8	Understand the neurobiological mechanisms of conditioning and reinforcement;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Basic concepts of learning psychology
2	History of learning psychology
3	Classical conditioning: Basic phenomena
4	Classical conditioning: Theories (S-S and S-R theories)
5	Classical conditioning: Theories (Rescorla-Wagner Theory)
6	Reinforcement and behavior shaping
7	Reinforcment: Theoritical issues
8	Course Review + Midterm
9	Avoidance and Punishment
10	Reinforcement schedules
11	Stimulus control
12	Neurobiological bases of learning: general mechanisms
13	Neurobiological bases of conditioning and reinforcement
14	General evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Alıcı, T. (2010). Öğrenmenin Bilimsel Temelleri, Ankara, Palme Yayınları.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation are performed according to the Rules & Regulations of Bursa Uludağ University on Undergraduate Education.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High