TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Can apply the concepts of social perception and social cognition to other fields of social psychology. 2) Can use social cognition and social perception issues to find solutions to social problems. 3) Can benefit from these topics in identifying and solving questions and problems in their own lives. 4) Can develop applications for other sub-fields of psychology. 5) Can interpret the relations of social perception and cognition literature with different behavioral sciences.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to examine how we perceive, represent, interpret and remember the information regarding ourselves, other people and other groups from a scientific perspective. The course aims to discuss how individuals use social information and how social information affects the perception of stereotypes in terms of the related social psychology literature.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Binary Model of Cognition 3rd Week Attention and Encoding 4th Week Representation in Memory 5th Week Self in Social Cognition 6th Week Citation Processes 7th Week Shortcuts and Biases 8th Week Social Inference 9th Week Cognitive Structure of Attitudes 10th Week Cognitive Processes of Attitudes 11th Week Stereotypes 12th Week Prejudices 13th Week Cognition and Emotion 14th Week Behavior and Emotion
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Fiske, S. T. & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Social cognition: From brains to culture. Boston: McGraw-Hill. * The basic materials to be used in this course are updated every year.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 1 60 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 24 24 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework 1 160 160 Total Workload 299 Total Workload / 30 9,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No