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COURSE DESCRIPTION

THEORIES OF ATTRIBUTION/4130339

Course Title:	THEORIES OF ATTRIBUTION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Galip YÜKSEL

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gyuksel

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

gyuksel@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Understand attributions and social cognition in everyday life
Apply attributional concepts in educational, clinical and social settings.
Acquire analyzing and critical skills of social behavior.
Revise vocational skills within the light of attribution theories.
Identify major attribution theories.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	History, research and applications of social cognition.
2. Week	Social cognition.
3. Week	Cognition and emotions.
4. Week	Explaining causality: causal inferences.
5. Week	Attributions: Health psychology applications.
6. Week	Attributions: Educational applications.
7. Week	Attributions: Applications in helping relationships.
8. Week	Attribution and self.
9. Week	Mid term
10. Week	Self-Serving bias.
11. Week	Schema theory.
12. Week	Self-focused attention.
13. Week	Understanding others.
14. Week	Emotion/Affect.
15. Week	Motivation . Final.
16. Week	Final

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

John M. Darley and Joel Cooper (eds.) (1998). Attribution and Social Interaction: The Legacy of Edward E. Jones Heider, F. (1958). The Psychology of Interpersonal. Relations. New York: Wiley. Jones, E. E. and Davis, K. E. (1965). "From Acts to Dispositions: The Attribution Process in Person Perception." In L. Berkowitz (ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 2, Orlando, FL: Academic Press. Kelley, H. H. (1967). Attribution in social psychology. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 15, 192-238. Kelley, H. H. (1973). The processes of causal attribution. American Psychologist, 28, 107-128. Lewis, F. M. and Daltroy, L. H. (1990). "How Causal Explanations Influence Health Behavior: Attribution Theory." In Glanz, K., Lewis, F.M. and Rimer, B.K. (eds.) Health Education and Health Behavior: Theory , Research. and Practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. Ross, M. and Fletcher, G. J. O. (1985). "Attribution and Social Perception." In G. Lindsey & E.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture.

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	30
Assignment	1	10
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	5	70
Searching in Internet and Library	14	5	70
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	1	2	2
Preparing Presentation	1	2	2
Presentation	1	1	1
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			187
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.48
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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