TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Apply social perception and social cognition to different topics in social psychology. 2) Apply topics in social perception and social cognition to the community problems. 3) Apply topics in social perception and social cognition to the problems in their own lives. 4) Develop applications for other subareas of psychology.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Some of the major questions addressed by this field can be stated as follows: How do we perceive, represent, interpret, and remember information about ourselves and other individuals and groups? How do we utilize our social knowledge? How does our social knowledge determine our social judgments, including stereotypes? To what extent can we control the thought processes that influence our judgments about ourselves and others? In what ways are our social judgments influenced by our motivations, feelings and desires?
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Dual Models in Cognition 3rd Week Attention and Encoding 4th Week Representation in Memory 5th Week Self in Social Cognition 6th Week Attribution Processes 7th Week Heuristics and Biases 8th Week Social Inference 9th Week Cognitive Structures of Attitudes 10th Week Cognitive Processes of Attitudes 11th Week Stereotyping 12th Week Prejudice 13th Week Cognition and Affect 14th Week Behavior and Affect
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Social cognition: From brains to culture. Boston: McGraw-Hill. * The primary textbook for this course is renewed every year.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 9 126 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Total Workload 214 Total Workload / 30 7,13 ECTS Credits of the Course 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No