Psychology Courses

University of Cape Town

What is a Mind?

288 reviews

Explore the most pertinent scientific and philosophical concepts for understanding our own minds with this free online course

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Early Childhood Care and Education

662 reviews

The course is targeted for people who intend to start a new preschool/playschool/day-care, or upgrade an existing preschool, or to take up a career as a teacher in preschool, or to improve admission counseling skills or to be trained on the various eleme…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 8th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life

136 reviews

Understanding the nature and value of play through the course of our lives, across cultures and communities.

• FutureLearn
• 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior

554 reviews

Behavioral economics couples scientific research on the psychology of decision making with economic theory to better understand what motivates financial decisions. In A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior, you will learn about some of the many ways i…

• Coursera
• 7-11 hours a week
• 11th Mar, 2014
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women;  CEC

School Counseling

198 reviews

How to set right these children? What should be done to avoid these problem behaviours? How to identify and address these behaviours and intervene to mainstream them?

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 18th Jan, 2021
• Free Online Course

Monash University

Introduction to Psychology: The Psychology of Learning

107 reviews

Explore how new behaviours are learnt by examining different types of psychological conditioning.

• FutureLearn
• 6 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

Wesleyan University

Social Psychology

87 reviews

This course offers a brief introduction to classic and contemporary social psychology, covering topics such as decision making, persuasion, group behavior, personal attraction, and factors that promote health and well-being.

• Coursera
• 38 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Psychology of Personal Growth

65 reviews

Learn to understand personal growth from a comparative perspective.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Monash University

Introduction to Psychology: Developmental Psychology

69 reviews

Examine the physical, cognitive and social development we undergo throughout our lives.

• FutureLearn
• 6 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

Psychological First Aid

49 reviews

Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition.

• Coursera
• 6-7 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 30th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

The Science of Well-Being

29 reviews

“The Science of Well-Being” taught by Professor Laurie Santos overviews what psychological science says about happiness. The purpose of the course is to not only learn what psychological research says about what makes us happy but also to put those strat…

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

The Science of Happiness

35 reviews

The first MOOC to teach positive psychology. Learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life.

• edX
• 4-5 hours a week, 11 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Introduction to Psychology

16 reviews

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…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Psychology

27 reviews

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 abil…

• Coursera
• 23 hours worth of material, 12 weeks long
• 30th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Positive Psychology

28 reviews

This course discusses research findings in the field of positive psychology, conducted by Barbara Fredrickson and her colleagues. It also features practical applications of this science that you can put to use immediately to help you live a full and mean…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)