Social Cognition (PSY428) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Social Cognition	PSY428	Area Elective	4	0	0	4	8

Pre-requisite Course(s)
PSY102 ve PSY202

Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Sanem Küçükkömürler
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	To provide students with information about the cognitive processes people use to evaluate themselves and others in the social world.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; develop an understanding of the domain of social cognition, comprehend the social cognitive processes used in self-formation and evaluation, understand the cognitive processes involved in evaluating others, develop an awareness of cognitive shortcuts and biases, learn the cognitive processes underlying attitudes, prejudice, and discrimination.
Course Content	Social cognition approaches, attention and encoding processes, the self from a social cognition perspective, social psychological attributions, heuristics and biases in the evaluation process, cognition and biases in attitudes, prejudice and discrimination processes.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 1: Introduction.
2	Dual Modes in Social Cognition	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 2: Dual Modes in Social Cognition.
3	Attention and Encoding	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 3: Attention and Encoding
4	Representations in Memory	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 4: Representations in Memory
5	Self in Social Cognition	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 5: Self in Social Cognition.
6	Midterm Exam
7	Attribution Processes	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 6: Attribution Processes.
8	Heuristics and Shortcuts Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 7: Heuristics and Shortcuts Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making
9	Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Inference	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 8: Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Inference
10	Midterm Exam
11	Cognitive Structures of Attitudes	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 9: Cognitive Structures of Attitudes
12	Cognitive Processing of Attitudes	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 10: Cognitive Processing of Attitudes
13	Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 11: Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias
14	Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases	Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. Chapter 12: Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases
15	Review of topics
16	Final Exam

Sources

Course Book	1. Fiske, S. & Taylor, S. E. (2020). Social Cognition: From Brain to Culture (4th Ed.). Sage.
	2. Hamilton, D. L., & Stroessner, S. J. (2020). Social Cognition: Understanding People and Events. Sage.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	5	15
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Project	1	15
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	2	40
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	30
Toplam	9	100

Percentage of Semester Work	70
Percentage of Final Work	30
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Have a comprehensive understanding of basic psychological perspectives and to examine the mental, affective, and behavioral processes of human beings within a scientific discipline				X
2	Have a knowledge about the historical and philosophical developments, basic concepts, applications and schools of science of psychology as well as the subfields of psychology such as clinical, experimental, social, developmental, industrial, health, traffic and educational psychology					X
3	Gain skills in identifying, describing, formulating, and solving the problems related to basic mental, emotional, and behavioral problems of human beings				X
4	Develop new ideas through analytical, critical, and creative point of view by using abstract concepts and to gain skills in evaluating different psychological phenomena			X
5	Gain knowledge and skills in transforming his/her theoretical knowledge into practice in different fields of psychology		X
6	Have skills in accessing knowledge and using resources		X
7	Have knowledge about basic principles of psychological assessment along with various quantitative, qualitative, and experimental research methods, to have skills in designing and conducting research by using these methods, and analyzing, reporting, and presenting research data					X
8	Have awareness of interpersonal sensitivity, societal processes and problems		X
9	Have efficient written and oral communication skills in Turkish and English					X
10	Gain skills in following the developments in the field of expertise and renewing himself/herself with an awareness of life-span learning			X
11	Have professional and ethical responsibility, knowledge, and awareness				X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	4	64
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project	1	28	28
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics	5	2	10
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	2	20	40
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	30	30
Total Workload			200