COURSE SYLLABUS

CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY

1	Course Title:	CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
2	Course Code:	PSI4002
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	English
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. Leman Pınar TOSUN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Leman Pınar TOSUN
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	This course provides an introduction to cross-cultural psychology. Cross-cultural psychology offers an opportunity to develop an appreciation of the interplay of individual, ethnic, and cultural contributions to understand human development, group dynamics and many other psychological issues. Within the course, both within culture variability and between culture variability on human behavior are discussed. The objectives of the course include the mastery of the basic theoretical information on cross-cultural psychology issues and cross-cultural research methods. In addition, the course objectives include developing critical thinking skills, and ability to communicate effectively
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to appreciate for the diversity of cultures and how culture influences behavior;
2	To think about one’s own cultural backgrounds and the ways that cultural perspectives relate to one’s own life;
3	To learn the concepts and processes necessary for cross-cultural research;
4	To be able to approach mainstream psychological studies with cultural criticism;
5	To be able to read empirical studies on their favorite cross-cultural psychology topics and to be able to present what they learn about the topic in front of other people;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction
2	Basic approaches in cross-cultural psychology
3	Basic research methods in cross-cultural psychology
4	Concepts that helps to understand cross-cultural similarities and differences
5	Concepts that helps to understand cross-cultural similarities and differences (continues)
6	Culture, self-construals and personality
7	A short summary
8	Human development in cultural context
9	Culture and family
10	Culture and social behavior
11	Student presentations (continues)
12	Student presentations (continues)
13	Student presentations (continues)
14	Last evaluations

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	The textbook: Berry, J. B., Poortinga, Y. H., Segal, M.H., Dasen, P.R. (2002). Cross-Cultural Psychology (second edition),Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Other materials: Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological review, 98(2), 224-253. Schwartz, S. H. (2012). An overview of the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1116 Matsumoto , D. and Yoo,S. H. (2006). Toward a new generation of cross-cultural research, Persepectives on Psychological Science, 1(3),2334-250. He, J., & van de Vijver, F. (2012). Bias and Equivalence in Cross-Cultural Research. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(2). Matsumoto, D. and Leong Jones, C.A. (2009). Ethical issues in cross-cultural psychology in D. M. Mertens & P.E. Ginsberg (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Research Ethics (p. 323-336). Newbury Park CA: Sage Publications. Kagitcibasi, C. (2007). Family, self and human development: Theory and applications. New York: Psychology Press.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
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
Information

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