1	Course Title:	EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
2	Course Code:	PSİ3064
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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. HASAN GÜRKAN TEKMAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Yrd. 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 fundemental concepts and paradigms of evolutionary psychology, and the reseach findings about possible evolutionary roots of cognitive functions, such as learning, memory, language, and behaviors like mate choise, alturism and socialization.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Understand the fundemental assumptions of evolutionary psychology; 2 Understand the methods used in evolutionary psychology; 3 Explain cognitive functions by their evolutionary roots; 4 Explain mate selection behavior by its evolutionary roots; 5 Explain human language by its evolutionary roots; 6 Explain human consciousness by its evolutionary roots; 7 Evaluate social structures and behaviors in an evolutionary perspective; 8 Discuss the fundemental theories of evolutionary psychology;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Evolutionary approaches to behavior
2	Paradigms of evolutionary psychology
3	Evolutionary bases of cognitive functions
4	Evolutionary psychology of human language
5	Evolutionary psychology of human consciousness
6	Alturism and cooparation
7	Mate choise and sexual selection
8	Course Review + Midterm
9	Parenting and families
10	Personality and individual differences
11	Social cognition
12	Social cognition and culture
13	The future of evolutionary psyc
14	General evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Swami, V. (2011). Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction. New Jersey: Wiley, John & Sons Inc.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	2	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	5	70
Homeworks, Performances	0	15	15
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	2	2	4
Others	3	15	45
Final Exams	1	3	3
Total WorkLoad			183
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,97
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 LO2 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 LO3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 LO4 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO6 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 LO7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High