PSİ103

School of Humanities \ Psychology

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Turkish

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Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program, Artificial Intelligence Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program

This course is offered to both Psychology and AI majors as a must course. This course will provide you an introduction to the science of psychology. The discipline of psychology is a broad field that inquires the scientific understanding of human behavior across diverse domains. PSİ 103 introduces the topics, concepts, approaches, and terminology that form the foundation of the field of psychology, such as research methods, biological psychology, Sensation and Perception, Consciousness, Learning, Memory and Cognitive Processes.
In homework assignments, psychology majors will answer essay questions about the topics that we have
discussed in the class. For AI majors, homework
assignments involve developing autonomous agents
doing toy tasks in a virtual 2D world. AI majors will
get a grasp about the computational complexity of
cognitive systems by implementing perception,
learning and memory modules to their agents.

Gerrig, R. J. , & Zimbardo, P. G. (2009).
Psychology and life (19th ed. ). Pearson
Education.

It is aimed to present the knowledge of the field of
psychology to the students at the basic level.

1. A solid foundation will be prepared for the psychology knowledge they will build for the psychology students.
2. AI students will be inspired by discoveries of psychology to build expert/intelligent systems.

Week 1: Welcome to the World of Psychology
Week 2: Research Methods in Psychology
Week 3: The Biological Basis of Psychology
Week 4: The Biological Basis of Psychology
Week 5: Sensation and Perception
Week 6: Sensation and Perception
Week 7: Mind and Consciousness
Week 8: Mind and Consciousness + Learning and Behavioral Analysis
Week 9: Learning and Behavior
Week 10: Memory
Week 11: Memory + Cognitive Processes
Week 12: Cognitive Processes

• Midterm Exams 25 %
• Final 35 %
• Homework Assignments 40 %