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About the Course

This course will highlight the most interesting experiments within the field of psychology, discussing the implications of those studies for our understanding of the human mind and human behavior. We will explore the brain and some of the cognitive abilities it supports like memory, learning, attention, perception and consciousness. We will examine human development - both in terms of growing up and growing old - and will discuss the manner in which the behavior of others affect our own thoughts and behavior. Finally we will discuss various forms of mental illness and the treatments that are used to help those who suffer from them. The fact of the matter is that humans routinely do amazing things without appreciating how interesting they are. However, we are also routinely influenced by people and events without always being aware of those influences. By the end of this course you will have gained a much better understanding and appreciation of who you are and how you work. And I can guarantee you that you'll learn things that you'll be telling your friends and family about, things that will fundamentally change the way you think of yourself and others. How can you resist that?!...

Top reviews

ND

Nov 27, 2021

Perfect start. This motivates me to learn more. Prof. Steve is my favorite teacher now. Couldn't have asked for a better person to teach me. Scratched the surface pretty well, now time to dive deeper.

AA

Jan 25, 2021

I found this course very interesting and interactive. I especially enjoyed the week of extra videos where we went into detailed psychological concepts like dreaming. Thank you for an amazing 12 weeks!

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By Vanessa P O

Oct 17, 2023

I highly recommend this course. IEveryone can find it interesting. Amazing to understand the human being... Also, Prof. Steve Joordens is one of the best teachers one can ever have.

By Andres G

Dec 17, 2022

I believe this is the best introduction to Psychology ever, Excellent work by all the team of coursera !!!!!

Thank you for your hard work!

This should be preserved in a World Library.

By Albane S

May 19, 2020

Thank you very much to Steve Joordens for making the lectures so interesting and entertaining!

I learned a lot about the brain and different human behaviours.

I am happy and grateful.

By Zhao L

Jan 30, 2018

The professor gave us a very clear and interesting introduction to paychology,I learned a lot from it,and it is very useful for a psychological student to form systematic knowledge.

By Khin m m H

Mar 3, 2023

It is a great course to learn all the basics of Psychology! I love the professor’s sense of humor and his examples are provided with real life which makes it easier to understand.

By Hugo R

Dec 4, 2021

An introduction which feels very complete and opens the eyes on the very simple idea of what it means to be human. Just made me want to go further and learn more about psychology.

By Antholyn J

Mar 29, 2021

I am grateful to Coursera for this course and the content within. I am now able to go about my duties as a social worker with a better and holistic understanding of human behavior.

By leena g

Oct 7, 2020

Steve Joordens has made psychology fun to learn. This course has been amazing and I have learnt so much about how the mind works and especially about relationships and emotions .

By Erika G

May 27, 2017

Este curso es muy bueno, el único inconveniente es el idioma, me gustaria que los videos vinieran con subtitulos en español lo mismo la descripcion de cada ideo para entender mejor

By Jin G P

Mar 3, 2017

This was well prepared and very informative course. I wish he could open another course in advanced Psychology. It gave me more interest and understanding on psychology. Thank you.

By LAU S F

Jul 3, 2022

Great Course! Depth knowledge with sufficient scientific reference for those Psychology theories. Thanks, Prof. Steve, you make me decide to go further of being a Psychology geek

By Ivonne C

Jun 16, 2017

It's an excellent course. The teacher is very charismatic and his explanations are clear. Also, he provides a lot of examples and give you a bunch of links for further references.

By shraddha t

Aug 14, 2020

This course have increased my interest towards psychology . This course have enough elements and well elaboration of related topic. Very grateful towards this course. THANK YOU!

By MARPE C

Nov 29, 2021

Very enjoyable and informative course on a topic that has long interested me. Excellent lecturer, clear, thorough, well-structured, with infectious enthusiasm for his subject.

By Nina R

Jul 12, 2021

The flexible deadlines were really helpful especially as a student! The course was overall really clear and organized and the prof is a really good speaker so it wasn't boring.

By Brian N

Aug 29, 2020

It was fun because the professor knows how to create a friendly learning environment. The video and reading materials at the end of each lecture were hugely helpful. Thank you!

By Daniele A B

Apr 12, 2020

One of the best course I have ever followed. It was a great please to learn so many interesting topics and all taught wisely. Thanks very much, I deeply loved to be part of it

By kiah r

Mar 31, 2020

I never got bored of this course, it was engaging and interesting. I wish I get to learn from professor joordan in person. Course is informative and covered most of the topics.

By Anoushka K

Apr 11, 2019

Absolutely love the way Professor Joordens teaches. His knowledge about the subject is very vast and he takes great effort to actually make his students understand the concept.

By Kristy B

Sep 25, 2017

I adored this course. What a great way to ease back into structured learning. Steve is enthusiastic and clear in his approach and the material is inspiring. Highly recommended.

By Sidra S A

Nov 30, 2021

This subject is very informative. I learn many skills.For example how to control our self during difficult times.Sir Steve made this subject interesting for me.Thank you sir!

By Emilee

Mar 16, 2021

Loved it!! Well structured and hit on all the interesting topics I was hoping to learn about. Steve is my favorite! Funny and smart and so friendly and well worded! Thank you!

By Sejal S

Jul 20, 2020

Excellent course with an amazing professor. Professor Steve really took great efforts to make the course as interesting as an online course could be. Kudos to Professor Steve.

By Dr. B J

Sep 19, 2019

The course is highly informative and relevant. The Instructor is knowledgeable and explains every concept with lot of examples. It was a wonderful experience!!!!! Thank you :)

By Emeline M

Oct 25, 2021

It was a very interesting course in which we learned many notions of psychology. The teacher is really endearing and makes you want to learn more and more about psychology !