Introduction to Psychology: A Free Course from Yale University

in Online Courses, Psychology | December 18th, 2016 19 Comments

Taught by Yale pro­fes­sor Paul Bloom, this course presents an Intro­duc­tion to Psy­chol­o­gy and tries to explain what makes us tick:

What do your dreams mean? Do men and women dif­fer in the nature and inten­si­ty of their sex­u­al desires? Can apes learn sign lan­guage? Why can’t we tick­le our­selves? 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, reli­gion, per­sua­sion, love, lust, hunger, art, fic­tion, and dreams. 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.

You can watch the 20 lec­tures from the course above, or find them on YouTube and iTunes. To get more infor­ma­tion on the course, includ­ing the syl­labus, vis­it this Yale web­site.

The main texts used in this course include:

Intro­duc­tion to Psy­chol­o­gy will be added to our col­lec­tion, 1,700 Free Online Cours­es from Top Uni­ver­si­ties. There you can find a spe­cial­ized list of Free Online Psy­chol­o­gy and Neu­ro­science Cours­es.

Relat­ed Con­tent:

A Crash Course on Psy­chol­o­gy: A 30-Part Video Series from Hank Green

The Neu­ro­science & Psy­chol­o­gy of Pro­cras­ti­na­tion, and How to Over­come It

How To Think Like a Psy­chol­o­gist: A Free Online Course from Stan­ford


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  • Joaquin ipina says:
    December 19, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    Amaz­ing.

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  • Effie says:
    December 30, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Tru­ly Inter­est­ing! Thank you for pro­vid­ing these lec­tures!!

    Reply
  • tahira says:
    June 15, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    i want to enroll in intro­duc­tion to psy­chol­o­gy course. please assists me.

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  • tahira says:
    June 15, 2017 at 1:32 pm

    i want t learn.

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  • Stephanie von Heusinger says:
    June 29, 2017 at 1:50 pm

    amazing!thank you!I want to read and learn!

    Reply
  • Abener solomon says:
    January 1, 2018 at 11:29 pm

    I like to take intro­duc­tion to psy­chol­o­gy
    I need guid­ance

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  • Kelly says:
    January 10, 2018 at 7:23 am

    Are there course/study notes for Intro­duc­tion to Psy­chol­o­gy lec­tures?
    Thanks

    Reply
  • Nicky Kourtelessi says:
    June 14, 2018 at 9:16 am

    I would like to take the free course online Intro­duc­tion to Psy­chol­o­gy Do I need a text­book?

    Reply
  • Mutahara usman says:
    June 24, 2018 at 11:01 pm

    I want to join the course intro­duc­tion to psychology…please assist me

    Reply
  • Benedict Nangati says:
    September 2, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    I want to join the online cours­es for bet­ter under­stand­ing in psy­chol­o­gy

    Reply
  • Nisha Thayyil says:
    December 4, 2018 at 9:35 am

    I want to join

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  • Lawrence Hancock says:
    April 16, 2020 at 4:56 am

    I did­n’t get past 2nd year at High School but I was accept­ed and enrolled to do a free Tas­ma­nia Uni­ver­si­ty Course of Under­stand­ing Demen­tia. But at this time of life I would like to learn more about Psy­chol­o­gy. I have a eBook on iBooks called ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. So if pos­si­ble I would like to join this Impor­tant Group.

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  • Lawrence J Hancock says:
    April 16, 2020 at 5:00 am

    Thank­ing you Kind­ly for mak­ing this Course avail­able.

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  • Mahalakshmi.A says:
    October 12, 2020 at 4:43 am

    Nice

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  • Yeo Oon Chye says:
    October 19, 2020 at 9:09 pm

    I am very inter­est­ed to attend this free on line pro­gram on the Intro­duc­tion to psy­chol­o­gy from your esteemed uni­ver­si­ty.

    The intro­duc­tion by Prof Paul Bloom was excel­lent !

    For me to com­plete the pro­gram, do I just pro­ceed to the next video on ‘this is your brain’ and so on and so forth ?

    Please advise as I would like to com­mence the pro­gram as soon as pos­si­ble.

    I come from Sin­ga­pore. Thank you very much !

    Oon Chye

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  • Hudeifa Abdirahman says:
    November 11, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    I would like to join

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  • Sunil Gunatillake says:
    December 9, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    need to enroll and fol­low the course please.

    Reply
  • Prasanna Kumar MARAPATLA says:
    July 11, 2023 at 10:43 pm

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  • Prof. M. Dr. Jeong Chun Phuoc says:
    January 2, 2025 at 3:16 am

    This is a good intro­duc­tion on “Psy­chol­o­gy: A Free Course from Yale Uni­ver­si­ty”.

    I am look­ing to get a few guid­ance from this intro­duc­tion to guide me in the effec­tive deliv­ery of my sub­jects in class­es for stu­dents (at both under­grad­u­ate and post­grad­u­ate lev­els).

    Keep up the good work, and look­ing for­wards to an exten­sion to this intro­duc­tion.

    Regards,

    .….….….….….….….
    Prof. M. Dr. Jeong Chun Phuoc
    pr**************@***il.com

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