02. 03. 2023.

23:29 PSY301 Cultural Psychology

Course Code Course Title Weekly Hours* ECTS Weekly Class Schedule

T P

PSY301 Cultural Psychology 2 1 6

Prerequisite PSY103 It is a prerequisite to None

Lecturer Office Hours / Room / Phone Monday: 12:00-15:00

Wednesday: 12:00-15:00
E-mail A F2.22

Assistant Assistant E-mail

Course This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to general theories and methods related to culture and diversity. It will emphasize empirical
Objectives approaches to cross-cultural study and explain the importance of culture in human cognition, emotion and the behavior. Students will learn to
appreciate the ways in which one’s behavior, thinking, emotion, language, health/ resilience, and development are cultural products.

Textbook Shiraev, E., & Levy, D. A. (2017). Cross-cultural psychology: Critical thinking and contemporary applications. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Additional Matsumoto, D., & Juang, L. (2016). Culture and Psychology (6th edition). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Publishing.
Literature

Learning After successful  completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Outcomes

Teaching Class discussions with examples. Active tutorial sessions for engaged learning and continuous feedback on progress. During semester students will
Methods be evaluated through their continuous work. Students will have midterm exam, quiz, final exam, group work and two assignments.

Teaching Face-to-face Teaching Method Delivery

Method Notes
Delivery

WEEK TOPIC REFERENCE

Week 1 Introductory lecture

Week 2 What is culture? Selection of relevant chapters and

articles

Week 3 How do we study culture? chapter 3

Week 4 Cognition and culture chapter 4

Week 5 Filed work chapter 5

Week 6 Intelligence and culture chapter 5

Week 7 Emotion and culture chapter 6

Week 8 Midterm week

Week 9 Life-span development and culture chapter 8

Week 10 Psychological disorders chapter 9

Week 11 quiz

Week 12 Social cognition chapter 10

Week 13 Personality and the Self chapter 11

Week 14 Motivation, behavior and culture chapter 7

Week 15 Group presentations

Evaluation Tool Quantity Weight Alignment with LOs

Final Exam 1 30

Semester Evaluation Components

Assessment Methods and Criteria Midterm 1 20

Quiz 1 10

Group presentation 1 20

Assignemnts 2 10

***     ECTS Credit Calculation     ***

 Activity Hours Weeks Student Workload Activity Hours Weeks Student Workload
Hours Hours

Online lecture 2 14 28 Assignments 5 4 20

Online active tutorials 1 14 14 Homestudy 1 14 14

In-term study 12 2 24 Final exam 15 2 30

Group project 10 2 20

        Total Workload Hours = 150

*T= Teaching, P= Practice ECTS Credit = 6

Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey Last Update Date: 17/02/2023