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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 27, 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.

IA

Dec 31, 2020

The lectures were very fun, engaging, and interactive. Taking this course gives you a deeper understanding of life and helps answer questions we have about ourselves, others, and the world we live in.

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By Giovanna M R d O

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Aug 31, 2020

Incredible, professor Bloom explains in a way that makes you want to learn more and more! Awesome, everybody needs to take this course for life, it opens your mind to a new world of possibilities!

By Faheem

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Aug 8, 2020

Your one stop destination to get to know all the basics to psychology and to explore the works of Freud and B.F Skinner, along with other famous psychologists. Completely engaging and informative.

By Saúl E T H

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Jul 27, 2020

Excellent course, very interesting for psychology fans like me, who find myself studying another career. I loved the scientific and professional approach it offers, and the very complete materials

By JESSIEN L J X

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Jun 19, 2020

I like this online course very much and also the explanation given by Professor Paul Bloom. Thank you for University Yale in giving me the opportunity. Thank you for Professor Paul Bloom's effort.

By NISHANT F

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May 18, 2020

Thank you so much for the lovely insights... I love the format and the approach that you had taken.. Then examples make the concepts easier and the additional reading material gives great insights

By Shaquana A C

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Mar 10, 2025

This course has taught me so much about myself and others. I would recommend this to anyone who feels a little lost in life and would like to know why they feel or why they are the way there are.

By T P

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Nov 25, 2022

Super interesting. I started as a psych major in college and switched after my intro course. This one was super interesting. Also, the graphics were fun to watch. I learned a lot. Thank you!

By Sunidhi S

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Jun 29, 2021

The course was extremely useful as well as engaging. The original videos of experiments were worth watching. The professor, Paul Bloom, did explain basics with good examples. Thank you Coursera!!

By Joelyn B

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Jan 7, 2021

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I found Paul to be very engaging and found the examples he shared to be very relevant. Thank you so much for this wonderful learning experience. - Joelyn from NZ

By Romane V d l C

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Nov 21, 2020

J'ai adoré ce cours ! Très facile d'approche même en tant qu'étudiant étranger, je recommande fortement !

I loved this course! Very easy to approach even as a foreign student, I highly recommend!

By Alexandra D

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Oct 22, 2020

With this course i finally experienced what a proper teacher should be like.

Thank you for making the information so interesting and hard to forget. The drawings and sound were pretty resourceful.

By Melissa Z

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May 30, 2020

Paul Bloom is an excellent professor and this course is a triumph! I enjoyed the thorough overview of psychological ideas and the art that accompanied the lectures only made them more compelling!

By rosanna m v

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May 23, 2020

es una gran experiencia adquirir conocimientos de nuestro comportamiento, como funciona el cerebro,las diferentes personalidades etc etc. gracias por hacer esto posible por este medio y gratuito.

By Rosalin L

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May 22, 2020

Thank you Prof. Bloom for this engaging course, I have learn a great deal of it and look forward to seeing similar format for immediate and advanced psychology course on this platform. Thank you.

By SHERYL M S

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May 16, 2020

it was an amazing platform for the beginners who want to know the basics of psychology. I am so glad I found this at the right time and I'm grateful to coursera for giving us such an oppurtunity.

By Odete K C T

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May 10, 2020

The course was very helpful to understand all aspect of life that happens on the daily bases when dealing with others.

It really got me motivated to continue learn more about Psychology.

Thank you.

By Sara C L

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Jan 28, 2019

Aulas excelentes e material excelente que formam um curso excepcional como ponto de partida para quem não tem conhecimento algum sobre Psicologia e quer "se situar" (muito bem situado) no assunto

By ana l g r

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Jan 8, 2025

Realmente excelente, me encanta que sea rigurosamente científico y honesto, creo que todas las personas deberían tomarlo pues es lo mínimo que deberíamos saber sobre como funciona nuestra mente.

By prashant s

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Sep 3, 2024

The course provides a comprehensive knowledge in the domain of psychology, the course’s effectiveness, structure, content, and delivery based on vast study material with insights is very helpful

By Kiryl K

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Apr 5, 2022

Nicely dont, well presented. Animation/cartoon format instead of videos is something new and unusual but it works. Only relevant, scientific information. Easily one of the best MOOCs I've taken.

By JAYA S K

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Sep 6, 2021

Course is really engaging, scientific, logical. Personally I am amazed with the complexity of the brain and always wanted to do something related to psychology. This course is a very good start.

By Karlygash Z

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May 13, 2021

It was very interesting course, thank you so much for provided information and entertaining illustrations! And especially I want to thank professor Paul Bloom for his honest and insightful work!

By Pragadeesh K

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Jan 13, 2021

Mr.Paul Bloom is an excellent mentor,it is an honor to learn from him.I strongly recommend people who have no idea about psychology to take this course,if you are interested to learn psychology.

By Sandra O

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Dec 27, 2020

This course was an enjoyable review of the history, innovators and various schools of thought within the field of psychology! The professor brought historical facts to life to engage and teach.