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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

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.

TP

Dec 17, 2021

An excellent course to get a general idea about psychology as well as understanding of what to do next if you are into learning more. Very useful links for extra reading. And very engaging instructor.

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By Agathe G

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Nov 29, 2020

I literally loved that course. Professor BLOOM makes everything just fascinating and as a real novice in psychology, I can say that he's very clear in his explanations. I also really appreciated the amount of references he gave. I recommand 100%

By Stefan R

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Sep 14, 2020

A well informed course and properly guided to keep on track with the lectures until the end. Its very intellectual, unique and enjoyable. The precision to learn, understand and apply in steps is remarkable. A great course and instructor this is.

By Prakash B

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Aug 31, 2020

I am happy that I joined the course and completed it. Now, I understand the scope of Psychology to pursue further my studies. The videos and lectures were excellent and very helpful. Video lectures were simple to understand. Thank You, Coursera.

By Aquiles M

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May 6, 2020

Hi Paul Bloom, I'm happy to have taken the course and I appreciate your guidance on the different aspects of psychology. I work as a therapist for alcoholics and substance abusers in New York City and this works a lot for me. Thank you so much.

By Mariama B

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Jun 18, 2024

Finishing this course brought be so much joy! working through it for the past 1 and a half months has been so much fun and educative. From the funny creative animations to the general way professor Bloom teaches. Absolutely Amazing 🎀THANKYOUUU

By Vaishavi W

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Aug 11, 2022

Amazing course. Dr. Bloom is an outstanding professor. The animations really made this course extremely interesting. I learnt most of the things I'm learning now in my Bachelors before I started college itself in a very fun and educational way.

By Rageshwari

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Jul 16, 2020

This is just an superb experience of everything all the leasons each and every one is full knowledge and new learning i am so into pyschology and thank you professor for all your time and hardwork . A very wonderful experience. Thank you Yale !

By Duo B

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Jul 15, 2020

My name is Armstrong Chebii, I am from Kenya the Course has been really awesome. I enjoyed the lecture by Professor Paul Bloom. The tests were very fair, the outside readings were also very helpful. I look forward to continuing with Psychology.

By Sahar E

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Jan 10, 2020

I've enjoyed this course with Professor Bloom and I gained a huge insight on some of the issues that I personally deal with on a daily basis. The course was easy to follow, short and fun animated videos. Access to the reading library is useful.

By Abbey J

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Jun 5, 2019

Such an amazing course. I have already recommended it to others! I am sad that it's over! Hopefully Yale Psychology and Professor Bloom teaches another online course sometime soon. He was really a wonderful professor and the material was GREAT!

By lisen

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Dec 29, 2018

Love Blooms lectures! Complex topics are explained by practical examples which makes the content interesting and easier to learn. I can recommend both Introduction to Psychologie and Moralities of everyday life. Looking forward to the next one.

By Natt

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Aug 25, 2021

A great introduction to psychology that uses engaging animations and includes valuable extra readings. It's great for people who don't have a background in psychology or want to refresh their memory if they've taken a psychology course before.

By Alicia K G

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Jul 4, 2020

I thoroughly enjoyed taking this course. It's informational and you have an engaging professor who gets on the student's level by using everyday scenarios and simple terminology to explain complicated subjects such as development and language.

By Tigist T

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Jun 18, 2020

The course is very informative of Life issue and how to manage it. Even though its a beginners course it addresses each issue in a deeper level. Professor Bloom explains everything in way any one can understand.I love his method of teaching!

By Pramod M D

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May 15, 2020

After the completion of this course, I am able to change my outlook for the world in which I am living, working and ageing. It has taught me how the internal and external aspects of human body contribute to human beings for their desired goal.

By Constantin O

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Jun 16, 2019

Excellent presentation, really engaging course. Will make you want to know more, will make you ask new questions while giving answers to some. The tests are not hard, they are just meant to make sure you really understand the things presented.

By PK

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Feb 19, 2019

Interesting information, good narration, very good additional reading, all in a high speed. The animation that accompanies the course, almost makes it feel like a pod-cast - I didn't mind, note taking did not allow for too much watching anyway

By Tran L

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Apr 5, 2022

This course contributed me some appropriate knowledge of Psychology which may help me increase my communicate ability with my patients. In addition, this course broaden my horizon of psychology- one of the most mistery area on the human mind.

By Zarina B

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Aug 30, 2021

Excellent course, I am enjoying every minute of it! The only issue is time limit, for instance theee is 10 min allocated for the reading in each week, but it is impossible not only to take in but not even to read the whole article in 10 min.

By Nabila j

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Feb 5, 2021

this was beautiful; i feel like i truly do like i gained not only better understanding of others but more so myself . this course definitely helped me gain understanding the minds of others and above all how many perceive how the world works

By YULY P

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Nov 9, 2020

I´m really glad for the opportunity to be part of this course on this exceptional university.

It has been very interesting for me to know about all the themes seen in this course. It was a wonderful open door for this big world of psychology.

By Devika

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Jul 13, 2020

Great course and I totally recommend this to anybody who would want to get an insight into the field of Psychology. The teaching style of Prof. Paul Bloom is outstanding and the videos of lectures are quite engaging and interesting as well!!!

By Purvisha

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Jun 1, 2020

It is an amazing and well-informed introduction to the vast world of psychology. Prof. Bloom does a great job of explaining the concepts very clearly and easily. A very informative course and further readings just help you cement the concept.

By Louie C

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Oct 24, 2022

Excellent delivery of lectures and the lots of resources offered. It practically helps on daily lives and to help to understand ourselves, our differences into others. Special mention to the Clinical Psychology topic its highly recommended.

By Sai A M

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Oct 17, 2020

This course has motivated me to take a future career in Psychology. The videos were so engaging and informational to watch and I learned a LOT. I highly recommend everyone to take this course. It is very interesting in my opinion. Thank You!