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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 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 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

By Roxanne R A

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May 20, 2021

Thank you for this course. It would be a memorable one, because I would remember how you used an avatar to teach us the those great lessons, which was really fun by the way. God bless and more power to you and to the team behind this! :)

By Rebecca L

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Mar 31, 2019

Thoroughly enjoyable lectures - the professor is articulate, knowledgable and easy to understand. As someone new to the world of psychology, this course was informative and useful. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction.

By Suresh L

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Mar 17, 2019

I enjoyed this intro course in psychology. It provides the basic insights of the field and the way of presentation and the additional references are quite appreciable. I strongly recommend this course for anyone interested in psychology.

By Megha B

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Jul 8, 2021

I really loved taking it up.. it did help in learning many (almost all) aspects of psycology to someone who is absolutely an outsider, yet a very curious person in knowing things about brain and how it works..Thank you proffessor Bloom.

By Ananditha R

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Sep 18, 2020

The course provided just the right information for an introduction course. i must say Professor Bloom's classes were very engaging. The reading materials helped gain extra knowledge. I very much enjoyed listening and taking this cousre!

By sarah c

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Aug 3, 2020

This course is one of the best I have done. Excellent information which is delivered in an excellent manner. So interesting absolutely enlightening , course quizzes were great too, learnt so much. Thanks to all involved with this course

By latisha s

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Aug 1, 2020

This online course was amazing and super informative! Being a 1st year psychology student myself, I've learned a lot of extra things from this online course besides my classroom. I'm happy i chose this course. Thank you professor Bloom.

By Daniela V L

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Jul 4, 2020

Great course!!!! I enjoyed a lot there is many information and all the topics were super interesting... I loved how the Professor explained them it was really catching.

Thanks a lot!!! Now i want to continue researching about Psychology.

By Goh L M L

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May 3, 2020

Very engaging video and lectures bt Professor Bloom. Lectures were also structured well in an organized manner. Furthermore, the survey questions were to the point and made me re-look into certain topics to refresh my memory. Well Done!

By Susanne G

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Mar 4, 2020

This is my first Coursera course but definitely not my last! So interesting and easy to follow. Thought it would be difficult to take this course in English but it wasn't. If your interested in Psychology I highly recommend this course!

By Amritesh R

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Sep 5, 2019

Thanks a lot, doctor,

This course helped me in understanding human behavior in a more better way and helped me realzising the power of psychology and how can we use it in everyday life.

looking forward to doing more courses in psychology.

By Adeola J

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May 22, 2019

An excellent way to be introduced to such an interesting subject. I would religiously follow his suggestions in the conclusion about the question Now what? I think every student has on their mind. Thanks, Professor Bloom. Best Wishes!!!