ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ART AND SCIENCE
Learning Outcomes of
the Course
Code
Course Title
Credit
ECTS
PSY 305
Psychology of Learning
(3-0)3
5
Prerequisites
Language of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
English
Type and Level of Course
Compulsory/ Third Year/Fall Semester
Lecturers
Name(s)
Contacts
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
Course Coordinator Assit. Dr. Timuçin Aktan
timucinaktan@gmail.com
Course Objective
To teach the historical development of the concept of learning, definitions of learning and
its operational methods. To be able to use Operant and Classical conditioning procedures
in clinical settings, education and other places.
Relationship
Students who have completed the course successfully should be
able to
Net Effect
Prog. Output
Distinguish learning from non learning types of behavior
1
4,5
Acquire knowledge of the historical development of learning, its
1,2
basic concepts and principles and its role in other fields of
2
science
4,5
Acquire knowledge of relationships between Pavlovian
1,2
coniditoning and stimuli; comprehension of basic components of
3
classical conditioning
4,5
1,2
Identify basic components of operant conditioning
4
5
Design experiments based on the schemes of classical and
operant conditioning
6
Identify all forms of learning and behavioral change
1,2
4,5
1,2
4,5
4,5
Apply classical and operant conditioning and complex leaning
1,2
principles in educational and clinical environments
4,5
Acquire knowledge of all methodological and theoretical
1,2
8
approaches to learning
Course Description: Reviews learning theories and principles of experımental and behavıoral psychology. Usıng fundamentals of
the processes ınvolved ın learning, memory and conditioning, dıscussıon wıll emphasize human and anımal classical and operant
conditioning models. Thıs is followed by an exploration of the techniques and theories of behavioral psychology in applied settings.
Course Contents:( Weekly Lecture Plan )
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
Textbook,
Chapter
1
Lecture, discussion
Pavlovian conditioning and its concepts
1
Time relationship between coniditoning stimuli
Textbook, Chapter 2
Lecture, discussion
2
and non-conditioning stimuli
Textbook, Chapter 3
Lecture, discussion
Characteristics of Stimulus
3
Textbook, Chapter 4
Lecture, discussion
Blocking Effect and experiments
4
Textbook, Chapter 5
Lecture, discussion
Latent Inhibition
5
Textbook,
Chapter
5
Lecture, discussion
Pre Sensory Conditioning
6
Textbook, Chapter 5
Lecture, discussion
Pseudo Conditioning
7
Textbook, Chapter 5
Lecture, discussion
Theories on conditioning
8
Textbook,
Chapter
7
Lecture, discussion
Principles of reverse conditioning
9
Textbook,
Chapter
7
Lecture, discussion
Operant conditioning and its principles
10
7
11
12
13
14
Schedule of reinforcements and its
applications
Learning, cognitive proceseses, memory and
perception
Applications of operant conditioning with
virtual lab rat
Applications of operant conditioning on
education, endustry and clinical sets
Textbook, Chapter 9
Textbook, Chapter 9
Textbook, Chapter 11
Textbook, Chapter 11
Lecture, discussion
Lecture, discussion
Lecture, discussion
Lecture, discussion
Textbook
Related links
Recommended Reading
Material Sharing
Activities
Midterm Exam
Project
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final Exam
Contents
Hours in Classroom
Hours out Classroom
Homeworks
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
REFERENCES
Learning. A. Charles Catania, Second Edition.Prentice- Hall,Inc.
www. naeyc.org
www.apa.org
Learning and Behavior, Paul Chance, Fourth Edition, Brooks Cole Publishing
Company.
Sniffy The Virtual Rat. Tom Alloway, Greg Wilson, Jeff Graham, Lester Krames,
Wadsworth.
Number
1
1
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
30%
20%
50%
50%
ECTS TABLE
Number
14
14
1
1
1
Notes
Hours
3
3
10
20
30
Total
Total / 30
ECTS Credit
RECENT PERFORMANCE
Total
42
42
10
20
30
144
144/30 = 4.8
5