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Introduction to Drugs and Behavior
Psychology Insights Online
The majority of people regularly use a psychoactive drug of one kind or another. From your morning coffee to a glass of wine with dinner, substance use is a large part of everyday life. Some drugs are quite harmless, some are quite dangerous, and others may appear safe at the moment but can have longer-term consequences. This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to the psychology of psychoactive drugs. You will learn what drugs are, how they work in the brain, and the principles behind addiction. We will then take an in-depth look at individual substances including alcohol,...
The Psychology of Decision Making
Abasi Latcham
Whether you’ve known it or not, many of your decisions have been based on faulty reasoning and unsound logic—predictable errors psychologists and behavioral economists call, “cognitive biases.” This course introduces ten biases that most commonly influence your decisions and provides real-world examples of them in action. You’ll also learn strategies on how to avoid falling prey to the influence of each one. After all, everyone else is taking this course, why aren’t you?
3 Golden Rules of Decision Making: How to Avoid Scammers and Exploiters
Mohammad Habibi, Ph.D
To have a successful life and career you need to first avoid bad decisions and then improve your good decisions. This course is designed to help you avoid bad decision-making such as poor investments, falling into conmen and fraudsters traps, and or any situation that entails possible bad scenarios. This course will teach you practical skills that can easily be applied to the most complex scenarios. The technics and decision rules introduced in this course will help you avoid emotional and quick decisions. The course uses real-life stories and examples to demonstrate the points that are...
Introduction to Personality Psychology: The Big 5 Traits
Psychology Insights Online
This course is designed to introduce you to the world of personality psychology. Specifically, the course will focus on The Big 5 Trait Theory, the most dominant and commonly utilized personality theory in psychology, which is comprised of five unique traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. In this course, you will learn what each of these traits are, how they predict real-life behavior, how traits interact, and whether personality can be changed. After completing this course, you will have a more in-depth understanding of why people do the things...
Most Brilliant Social Psychology Experiments
John Robin
The world of social psychology is full of strangeness. This course will cover 10 of the most brilliant and well-known experiments, many which will change your perspective on just how much control you have over your life and your surroundings. Some of it this will scare you, but most will intrigue you as well. From induced prison experiments to how marshmallows reveal our propensity for patience, you will learn why many assumptions and laws in our world are the way they are—thanks to the field of social psychology!
Overcoming Mindless Negativity
Sonia Chauhan
The biggest oppressor in the present World is the Self. Much of our pain is self-created. The most prevalent method of making oneself feel instantly bad is through Negative Thinking. This course contains ten important lessons that’ll help you understand the way human minds process and internalize negativity. If you constantly find yourself in a bad mood or are simply unsatisfied with your life, listen and find out WHY and WHAT to do about it.