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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

BR

Oct 16, 2020

Very kind and wise and humble words combined with a warm and tender voice ! The content could include more details. I also enjoyed Professor Bloom's avatar and his changing cloths and other cartoons.

FF

Jan 23, 2019

I highly recommend this course to anyone willing to understand about the basic history and origins of psychology, scientific approach but full of insights and inspiration to go further in the matter.

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By Mariyam T

Nov 25, 2019

An amazing course. got to learn the basics of psychology and super easy to understand the content due to the video. A good amount of knowledge for beginners.

By Andrei K

Aug 26, 2019

An excellent course. Kept my interest alive during the whole 6 weeks. It made me reflect on lots of things and made me to want to read more about this topic.

By Joyce U

Aug 24, 2019

Professor... you are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise, such a unique presentation. We the public are fortunate for this opportunity 😘

By Michael D

Jul 23, 2023

Very good introduction to the subject, I knew some of the things but great to have it presented in a well-crafted series of lectures - free too - thank you!

By Karen Z

May 30, 2023

Uno de los mejores cursos que he tomado, sin lugar a dudas fue muy satisfactoria mi experiencia, aprendí mucho y agradezco que estos cursos sean gratutitos.

By Dinithi A

Sep 29, 2021

It's a really well structured course much suitable for a beginner to the area. It's educational and interesting. Makes you wanna dive deep into the subject.

By Sangya P

May 24, 2021

This is a good course for beginners like myself to understand basics about psychology. I especially liked the experiments that were shown and the Ted Talks.

By Mateus I d L S

Mar 22, 2021

Gostei demais desse curso, pois me trouxe outras perspectivas e informações que certamente me darão uma nova visão de mundo. O professor também é excelente!

By Odejimi A P

Feb 14, 2021

I never knew it was so loaded and impartive like this.

I'm blessed

I thereby encourage others to learn, unlearn and relearn.

God bless Paul bloom and teams.

By Vaishnavi P

Aug 5, 2020

The professor is engaging. Use of examples, experiments, additional notes and most importantly use of simple language makes it interesting and easy to grasp

By Divine G R S

Jul 13, 2020

Just the introduction I needed to Psychology. The course was excellently outlined and subdivided in a way that it's easy to follow, understand and remember.

By Ekta D

May 12, 2020

This course really gives you a complete overview of what psychology is. Very well explained and all major topics covered. Glad I took the course. Thank you.

By JJ

Jul 20, 2019

I believe that through this course my mind has expanded although I am aware that because of the physical confines of my skull that is not actually possible.

By Karina R A

Oct 31, 2023

excelente, solo tuve el inconvenciente que las primeras evaluaciones no estaban traducidas y me costo mucho realizarlas; el contenido, me encanto!! gracias

By Joanna S

Oct 18, 2023

I actually cried real tears when I finished this course ! I didn’t want it to end ! And of course it doesn’t, so thank you Paul Bloom, Coursera and Yale 🙏

By David F

Nov 29, 2022

Ii have learned so much about the human behavior and all the disorders that human suffer from in the last two months that I am very happy I did this course

By Regina V

Apr 1, 2021

Great professor, actually made me think about my life, and satisfied my curiosity. I will be taking another Psych class because of how great this one went!

By Jasmine H

Jan 29, 2021

I learnt so much! Loved it. Would recommend it. Do it if you are genuinely interested in psychology and willing to put in the work. If so, it is rewarding.

By Sharanya D

Dec 31, 2020

Dr. Bloom is an amazing professor. He took me on a journey of how how humans works. Being a part of the course was an educative and enthralling experience.

By SHUYU D

Nov 15, 2020

I think this course is really interesting, the video explanation is also easy to understand, and the animation method makes it easier for me to understand.

By Aziza M

Sep 20, 2020

It was a wonderful course I have ever taken. The content, videos, and speech are engaging, especially the professor is a very professional teacher, thanks!

By Sydney A

Jul 21, 2020

A very engaging course that provides a great foundation for the study of psychology, and related studies of the brain and mind. The professor is excellent!

By Stephen P

Mar 9, 2025

Gave a really good overview and plenty of interesting topics to explore in more depth. Hell of a lot of content through the lectures and reading material.

By Wen L

Sep 22, 2024

Insightful course. I totally enjoyed it, learnt a lot from it and really appreciated the delightful graphics, as well as Professor Bloom's sense of humor!