PSYC 501 / RESEARCH METHODS I
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Review of descriptive statistics and basic research methodology. Experimental methods and research design including one-way analyses, factorial designs, repeated measures, analysis of covariance, and the analyses of main effects, simple effects and interaction comparisons. Research and publication ethics.

PSYC 502 / RESEARCH METHODS II
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Building on the content of PSYC 501, further advanced research methods are presented. These include problems in multivariate regression analysis, multivariate analysis of nominal and ordinal data, structural equation models, and methods for analyzing longitudinal data. In addition, students learn how to choose appropriate methodology for a variety of research problems.

PSYC 503 / CURRENT TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Discussion of recent research by faculty and other invited speakers, and cross-fertilization of ideas, research topics as well as methodological approaches are emphasized.

PSYC 504 / TESTING AND MEASUREMENT
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

A review of basics of psychological measurement; all steps of the process of assessment development; different methods of psychological assessment such as observational, self-administered, and interview techniques; and, ways of integrating information from multiple assessment methods are discussed. Students work with applications and discuss greater cultural, ethical, and societal context of psychological measurement.

PSYC 505 / CULTURE AND SELF
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

This is a required course for both Social Psychology and Developmental Psychology doctoral programs. The formation of the self and its interaction with social-psychological-cognitive processes are studied in socio-cultural context and from developmental, cultural, and cross-cultural perspectives. The main topic of this course is the self, which has its antecedents in the beginnings of American psychology on the one hand, and in social psychological and sociological symbolic interactionism on the other hand. It is emphasized that self is the key to individual-society interface and is important for the theoretical advancement of both universal psychology and also for psychological applications directed at human well-being.

PSYC 506 / POLICY AND PRACTICE IN PSYCHOLOGY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

This course examines how social science, in particular psychology, can become relevant to social policy. The accountability of the psychologist to society can go beyond the individual and can inform policy in the service of human well being. Students conduct projects regarding applications and policy recommendations in Industrial/Organizational and Developmental psychology.

PSYC 507 / EVOLUTION OF HUMAN MIND
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

The study of the structure of human mind and processes from an evolutionary perspective to understand the types of mental structures supported by natural and social conditions and the role of evolution in language, morality, cooperation, and theory of mind.

PSYC 508 / HUMAN MEMORY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Theories of memory, methods of studying memory processes, the relationship between memory and other processes and contemporary research in memory.

PSYC 509 / DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

The etiological role of developmental processes in the formation of adaptive and maladaptive behavioral patterns in children and youth. Cognitive, emotional, and motivational difficulties that characterize disorders and theory and empirical research into their developmental roots in childhood. Adoption of an individual difference perspective to examine the risk and protective factors that contribute to the emergence of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.

PSYC 510 / EMOTION AND MOTIVATION
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

The course provides an overview of theories and research in emotion and motivation. Readings will examine the role of emotions and motivations in verbal & nonverbal communication, decision-making & reasoning, social functioning, and psychopathology.

PSYC 511 / COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

A broad overview of the neural bases of cognition. Basic neuroanatomy, a description of the neuroscience methods, and a survey of fundamental topics such as neural basis of vision, executive function, learning and memory, attention, emotion, thinking and problem solving, and social cognition.

PSYC 512 / LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Theoretical and measurement approaches to language development from infancy to school-age; language comprehension and production skills, narrative competence, role of environmental factors in the emergence and the development of language.

PSYC 513 / ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Human behavior and interpersonal relations as they occur in organizational context, particularly work teams.

PSYC 515 / NEURAL BASES OF MEMORY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

An overview of the neural basis of memory. Cutting edge research related to the cognitive neuroscience of human memory, including neural correlates of working memory, cognitive control of memory, long-term memory encoding, long-term memory retrieval, and the impact of aging on various memory processes.

PSYC 517 / ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

The course will focus on state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological approaches in IO Psychology. Most recent research and theories on some of the most important subjects of the field like ?criteria definition?, scientific bases of personnel decisions and industrial development will be discussed. Also in order to encourage students to have research experience in these areas, they will be asked to conduct a research project.

PSYC 518 / HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Effective management of human resources emerges as a key factor for competitive business advantage; the knowledge and skills needed to manage personnel in business organizations.

PSYC 520 / ATTITUDES, PERSUASION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

The purpose of this course is to survey research and theorizing on the psychology of attitudes and persuasion. The course will explore issues such as attitude formation and change; the structure, function, strength and measurement of attitudes; principles of persuasion and social influence; resistance and susceptibility to persuasion; designing persuasive communications for behavior change interventions. Applications in consumer, health, and political psychology are reviewed throughout the course.

PSYC 521 / COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

This course will review current research and theoretical issues about cognitive development. Major research areas that will be covered are theory of mind, joint attention, language, memory, numerical cognition, social cognition, and implications of atypical cognitive development. Interfaces with socioemotional development will also be emphasized.

PSYC 523 / PSYCHOLOGY OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Course readings and discussion will focus on theoretical and empirical work on the formation, maintenance and dissolution of close relationships. Readings will emphasize the role of cognitive factors, e.g. attributions, and emotional factors on interpersonal communication in the context of close relationships and they will cover marital relationships, friendships, parent-child, and family relationships. A portion of the readings will emphasize the social and policy implications of this research for issues such as divorce and family violence.

PSYC 524 / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

This course will examine the social aspects of development. Topics include parenting, peer relationships and friendship, attachment, empathy, aggression, emotional development, gender socialization, and adult social development.

PSYC 525 / APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

This course will help develop the students? understanding of how the science of human development may contribute to address individual, familial, social, political, and economic problems. This course will address how human potential can be realized at an individual level and how societal resources can be created, mobilized, and utilized to facilitate the realization of human potential.

PSYC 526 / COGNITIVE MODELS AND THEORIES
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

History of cognitive psychology, models and theories about basic cognitive processes and the relationship of these theoretical approaches to attention, memory, knowledge representation, information processing, and problem solving, different approaches and methods to conceptualization of human mind.

PSYC 527 / CONDITIONING AND LEARNING
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

A detailed study of major theories in the area of conditioning and learning. Topics covered include habituation, sensitization, classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, stimulus control, aversive control, extinction, and motivation. In addition, the neural basis of these behavioral processes and the experimental paradigms are described in detail.

PSYC 528 / SOCIALIZATION
Sınıf: Kredi: 3Önkoşul:

Historical overview of socialization research and theory, socialization within biological frameworks, socialization across the lifespan, socialization with and outside the family, cultural perspectives on socialization, targets of socialization.