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About the Course

What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What are the causes and cures of mental illness? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, persuasion, emotions, and social behavior. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury....

Top reviews

BB

Sep 26, 2024

Professor Bloom has quite engaging style of teaching and the animations in this course provided nice visual reference.Overall, it's a nice course if you want to learn basic introduction of psychology.

FJ

Sep 26, 2019

I absolutely enjoyed taking this course! Professor Bloom did an incredible job explaining the course material and providing additional reading materials to further my knowledge throughout this course.

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By Nakimera J

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May 1, 2020

I highly recommend this course because its eye opening and full of insight . It has changed my thinking and enabled me to become more knowledgeable about brain, personalities , child development, mental illness, happiness ,fear among others.

By Winnie P

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Mar 5, 2020

Professor Bloom is a great lecturer and the course contains lots of details. I am very satisfied with the course and glad I took it online and look forward to enrol to other relevant courses. Thank you for providing this opportunity to me.

By DUKE U

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Aug 20, 2023

A good guide for those who are interested in Psychology

I love the style and content. The length of videos were appropriate, I enjoyed it.

The information provided in this course is sufficient for people who wants to learn psychology further.

By TRUONG N H V

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Oct 28, 2021

The course is a valuable learning experience as I feel I’m being challenged along the way. Generally, I am impressed with the service I have received from Coursera. With this course I can take my time and absorb the knowledge at my own way.

By Zylyka G

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Nov 16, 2020

If you're looking for a comprehensive course on Introduction to psychology, pick this one. The lessons are ties to each other on the manner that it is continuous. Also, it engages critical thinking via posting some controversial questions.

By Diya S K N

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Jul 6, 2024

I am happy that I finally got a certificate from Yale University. It was a great leraning experience. I'm so much thrilled to receive certificate from Yale University. So much grateful and thank you soo much for giving me this opportunity.

By Bol D T

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Jan 29, 2023

I would like to appreciate the Yale University especially professor Paul Bloom for guiding me during the learning process and also wish the university to provide me with the similar opportunity in the near future as I will it into practice

By Manas P

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Sep 23, 2020

This course was absolutely fantabulous. I am a secondary school school student and this year i will be in the high school so i am going to find Psychology as a very easy subject. I learnt what i was expecting to. Thanks Yale and coursera !

By ANNAPURNA K I B (

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Aug 6, 2020

It was very interesting topic personally to me. The way you explained was very facinating. Not only explaing but showing images and explaing is interesting thank you for your great time for teaching psychology. I am very gratitude to you.

By Shona M

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May 15, 2020

I can honestly say that I have really enjoyed this course, not just because I enjoy learning about how we work but the lectures, the animations, the readings all kept me engaged and following. Thanks, I really needed this during this time!

By Kush C

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Apr 21, 2020

Extremely Helpful, I have been interested in psychology all my life and was amazing to go through the process of formal education as it enforced some of my beliefs but more importantly completely disproved some other, giving explanations.

By Anne O

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Sep 30, 2019

This course is truly captivating! Talented lecturer- great teaching voice & interpersonal skills (evident, even from a screen!) I loved the animation, very imaginative & really enhanced the learning experience for me. Enjoyed every minute

By Kyle C

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Dec 30, 2018

A fantastic introduction to the field of psychology. I feel like I now have a solid foundation for taking higher-level courses. I also have a much better understanding of personalities and how people are alike and differ, in many regards.

By nirmal k

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Oct 2, 2024

This course is very helpful as it introduces the participants to various important aspects of psychology, answers some of the questions that I had about human behaviour and psychological conditions. The bonus was the chapter on happiness.

By Oleksiuk Y S

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Apr 29, 2022

It was a very interesting course with an equally professional teacher. Each week was full of new knowledge, sometimes it was hard, but you can still make it to the deadline. acquired knowledge will be useful in the implementation in life.

By Ailette X C C

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Dec 29, 2021

Excellent course, I hope there was a continuation , but now that I understand the basics of psychology i can search for each topic separately and expand the knowledge. This course it's excellent to understand the foundations of psychology

By Shiwei Z

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Nov 30, 2020

Best MOOC I've ever taken! It not only covers a really useful part of Psychology, but also introduced the scientific ways of thinking and the principles of scientific research. Both sound recording and animations are of very good quality.

By Henaz S K

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Aug 16, 2020

I really enjoyed the course. As a beginner, it helped me to make a good analysis of the basic concepts of psychology. I became more interested to aspects like dream interpretation, self analysis, happiness, babies, mind control,et cetera.

By Teresa

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May 25, 2020

Highly recommend this course as a basic introduction to psychology. The course is well structured and concepts are clearly explained with vivid examples.

I like the animation version of the lecture which makes the course more interesting!

By Paola N R L

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May 25, 2020

This course helped me in getting a wider notion of what Psychology is. I have always wondered if I should pursue a degree on Psychology. I am more aware now that what I would love to study is Clinical Psychology. Thank you, Paul and Yale.

By Samriddh S

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May 15, 2020

I loved it. Thank you, professor Bloom! I would highly recommend this course to someone who wishes to have a brief overview of various fields and concepts of psychology. I must affirm the importance of the reading material provided along.

By Shaquille N

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Apr 29, 2020

Thanks to Prof Bloom, I must confess that I've never been drawn to a course in this way. I could not stop watching the videos and reading the material. I thank you for opening my eyes and I intend doing more courses related to Psychology.

By Donna V

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Apr 10, 2020

Very interesting and well done course! The animation was excellent! The only complaint I had was that sometimes (mostly in week 5) the animations covered up what was typed up on the "powerpoint" and it made it hard to copy down the notes.

By Shireen N

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Jan 8, 2019

Exceptionally wonderful and engaging course. Prof. Bloom took each topic through various examples and incidents that made the whole course easily understandable and interesting. Looking for more courses mentored by Prof. Bloom in future.

By Aravindhan S

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May 29, 2023

Dear Prof. Bloom, Thank you. The course was well tailored, informative, deep enough to excite and intrigue! I wish your work reaches many more learners across the world through this platform and others. Regards, Aravindhan Sundar, India