Attitude Measurement (PSY332) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Attitude Measurement PSY332 Area Elective 3 2 0 4 8
Pre-requisite Course(s)
PSY102 & PSY201
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, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. İrem Metin Orta
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Students are expected to learn different types of attitude measures, how to construct an attitude scale, and how to analyze and report scale development data
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Understand the nature of attitude
  • Describe different types of attitude measures
  • Define different types of reliability and validity
  • Construct an attitude scale
  • Analyze research data on scale development
  • Investigate psychometric properties of the developed attitude scale
  • Validate the soundness of the attitude scale
Course Content Direct and indirect assessment techniques, different types of attitude scales, development of item pools, development of attitude scales, assessing the reliability and the validity of attitude scales, conducting item analyses and using exploratory factor analyses in the development and validation of attitude scales.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 The Nature of Attitudes Mueller, 1986, Ch. 1
2 Attitude Measurement: General Overview -
3 Likert Scale Construction Mueller, 1986, Ch. 2-3
4 Thurstone Scale Construction Mueller, 1986, Ch. 4
5 Guttmann Scaling Mueller, 1986, Ch. 5
6 Semantic Differential Scale Construction Mueller, 1986, Ch. 6
7 Psychometric Properties of Attitude Scales -
8 Statistical Analyses in Attitude Scale Development – I -
9 Midterm -
10 Statistical Analyses in Attitude Scale Development – II -
11 Principal Components and Factor Analyses Tabachnick & Fidell, 2001, Ch. 13
12 Data Collection -
13 Data Entry -
14 Data Analysis and Writing Results -
15 Presentations -
16 Final Examination Period Review of Topics

Sources

Course Book 1. Mueller, D. J. (1986). Measuring social attitudes: A handbook for researchers and practitioners. NY: Teacher’s College.
2. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics (4th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 25
Project 1 25
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 50
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
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
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
3 Gain skills in identifying, describing, formulating, and solving the problems related to basic mental, emotional, and behavioral problems of human beings
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 3 48
Laboratory
Application 16 2 32
Special Course Internship
Field Work 1 20 20
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 25 25
Project 1 30 30
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 15 15
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 202