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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....

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GK

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I cannot wait to enrol for my next course !! I feel like a different person, much more enlightened and educated. I cant begin tot hank the designers of this course and our very sweet professor Bloom.

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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.

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By Matt D

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Jun 23, 2020

The instructor presents great material that is easy to digest. An excellent overview. The learning was so enjoyable, it makes me wonder if I actually learned anything. But it is clear that I gained much more in this class compared to other classes

By Zerlinda C A S

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Jun 18, 2020

I learned so much from this course. Thank you Professor Bloom and Yale University for providing us with such excellent course. I strongly recommend this course for those interested in psychology field or simply wants to gain new knowledge. Cheers.

By Saurav M

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May 30, 2020

Covered all the concepts of psychology greatly on a introductory level. Professor engaged in a lot of good arguments and great content on the readings too. Definitely recommend this course to everyone who is interested and everyone who is not too!

By Caolan K

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Oct 30, 2022

Great course for anyone interested in getting into psychology. Really touches on the basics in an easy to understand format. The proffessor who teaches the course seems quite knowledgeable and is very capable of delivering his thoughts and ideas

By BLAISE A

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Feb 12, 2022

Very nformative Course. I highly recommend it for various people in managerial levels so that they can understand that even work environments can affect a person's mental helath. I really appreciate Yale University for such a wonderful programme.

By Madeline D

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Jun 20, 2020

This course was engaging and interesting and gave me an excellent basis for the study of psychology. I am so pleased with the content and the material we were given. The quizzes were fair assessments of our knowledge and were not difficult at at.

By Jaybird O

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May 30, 2020

Professor Bloom is deep, captivating and hilarious. The cartoon format is light years beyond the talking head format so many use to awkward ends. I feel like I got two semesters of information out of this concise but thorough course. Bravo, Paul.

By Julia P

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May 1, 2022

An extremely interesting and engaging course about psychology. The material is well written, the topics are relevant. Whether you just skip through or immerse yourself fully into this course, you'll learn and understand a lot about human nature.

By Tejas S T

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Jan 5, 2022

The course was easy to engage with and very interesting. The way the content was divided made it approachable and not intimidating despite dealing with complex and occasionally uncomfortable topics. I would definitely recommend this to my peers.

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.