| Course Name | Evolutionary Bases of Learning and Cognition |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSY 551 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The main objective of the course is to describe, discuss, and analyze the innate features of the minds of different organisms which have evolved to match certain aspects of that physical external universe, and the way in which the physical universe interacts with the mind to produce the phenomenal world. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course is concerned with an in depth investigation of the evolutionary bases of learning and cognition. The course will cover how mental mechanisms and their biological correlates have evolved to produce what we have today. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |      |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Course Introduction | |
| 2 | The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 1, pp.2-32) |
| 3 | The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 2, pp.33-66) |
| 4 | Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 3, pp.68-99) |
| 5 | Women’s Long-Term Mating Strategies | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 4, pp.133-162) |
| 6 | Men’s Long-Term Mating Strategies | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 5, pp.133-162) |
| 7 | Short-Term Sexual Strategies | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 6, pp.163-191) |
| 8 | Problems of Parenting & Kinship | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapters 7 & 8, pp.194-253) |
| 9 | Cooperative Alliances & Aggression and Warfare | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapters 9 & 10, pp. 256 - 314) |
| 10 | Conflict Between Sexes | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 11, pp.315-347) |
| 11 | Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 12, pp.348-376) |
| 12 | Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter 14, pp.378-420) |
| 13 | Discussion – Gene centered view of evolution | Dawkins, R. (1989). The selfish gene. Oxford, Oxford University Press. |
| 14 | Discussion – Cultural animal | Waal, F. B. M. (1998). Chimpanzee politics: Power and sex among apes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Dugatkin. 2001. The Imitation Factor: Evolution Beyond the Gene. Simon & Shuster, New York, |
| 15 | Discussion – Supernormal stimuli | Barrett, D. (2010). Supernormal stimuli: How primal urges overran their evolutionary purpose. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Buss, D., M. (2016). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (5th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-205-99212-6DAWKINS, R. (1989). The selfish gene. Oxford, Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0192860925 Dugatkin. 2001. The Imitation Factor: Evolution Beyond the Gene. Simon & Shuster, New York, ISBN-10: 0684864533 Barrett, D. (2010). Supernormal stimuli: How primal urges overran their evolutionary purpose. New York ISBN-10: 039306848X Waal, F. B. M. (1998). Chimpanzee politics: Power and sex among apes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN-10: 0801886562
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| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 7 | 70 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 70 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 4.5 | 72 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 7 | 10 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 35 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 30 | ||
| Total | 225 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to advance and deepen undergraduate level psychological knowledge to an expert level. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to examine acquired knowledge on an interdisciplinary basis and understand the interaction between psychology and other related disciplines. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to use the acquired institutional and applied psychology knowledge at an expert level. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to aim and channel learning efforts, to independently conduct and manage advanced level studies and to critically evaluate psychological knowledge. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to solve problems requiring expertise using scientific research methods, to develop new knowledge by integrating psychological information with multidisciplinary information. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to independently assume a problem, develop a problem solving method, solve the problem, assess the outcomes and apply this method when needed. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to act according to ethical and scientific standards in collecting, evaluating and sharing data as well as be able to act as an inspector and instructor in the maintenance and transference of ethical values. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to take responsibility and develop new strategies and methods for intervention in the presence of unexpected and complicated problems. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to systematically communicate one’s own studies and the psychological agenda both written, oral and visually to psychologists and non psychologists. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to make use of foreign language for learning new knowledge and to communicate with foreign colleagues. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to use computer software as well as other informatics and communication technologies required in psychology at an advanced level. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
