The First "Psychology Day" at the Turkish-German University
20.03.2019
Turkish-German University organized the event " Psychology Day I” on 14.03.2019. Various German and Turkish academics came together on this day to make presentations on topics about brain and emotions, mental health, the role of parents in raising children, effective learning and remembering.
FROM BRAIN AND EMOTIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH
The event was opened with the opening speech by the Rector of the Turkish-German University Prof. Dr. Halil Akkanat and the Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Aysel Uzuntaş. After the opening speech, Prof. Dr. Arthur Jacobs from Freie Universität Berlin started with the presentation on "Brain and Emotions". Then, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Eskin from Bogazici University gave a presentation on the topic of suicide and mental health. This was followed by a presentation by Dr. Nazlı Balkır Neftçi, a lecturer at Işık University, on depression and its effects.
EFFECTIVE LEARNING THROUGH REPETITION
After a short lunch break, the event continued with the presentation of Dr. Hale Ögel Balaban from Bahçeşehir University with the topic of the role of parents in raising children and it was detailed about the risks of posting own children's pictures on social media. Afterwards, there was a presentation on the topic of learning and remembering by Dr. Alp Aslan from Martin- Luhter University in Halle-Wittenberg. Dr.Aslan talked about the evidences which show the effectiveness of repetition based on test experiments. The event was concluded with the presentation about place-based short-term memory and its effects in visual search by Dr. Ahu Gökçe from Kadir Has University.
At the end of the event, Prof. Dr. Arthur Jacobs and Prof. Dr. Aysel Uzuntaş briefly summarized the topics addressed in the presentations with a vote of thanks. In order for all guests to understand the presentations, which were held in three different languages, everything was synchronously translated into German, English and Turkish. The first "Psychology Day" event gave all participants an impression of the productivity and diversity of the Psychology Department, which will be opened after a while later.
