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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Psychology by University of Toronto

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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 routine...
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    Jan 25, 2021

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    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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    Nov 27, 2021

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    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.

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    Mar 9, 2018

    Amazing course! Prof. Joordan did a great job. His way of interaction and teaching really made me want to leave everything else behind to learn, which i saying a lot.

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    Dec 21, 2017

    Doctor Steve is an inspiring man and his amazing teaching skills makes it easy for people like me to understand and love psychology! thank you doc! have a nice life!

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    May 10, 2023

    very useful lecture. Enjoy almost all the parts, except the brain structure one. Totally lost it. recommend to everybody who is really interested in the psychology.

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    By Olivia C

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    Aug 18, 2020

    This was an amazing course with a fantastic professor, I learned so much and it persuaded me to commit to learning psychology at uni. I would definitely recommend :)

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    By Andy S

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    Jul 22, 2020

    I really enjoyed the course, Steve did a really good job of describing complex concepts in bitesize chunks that led the learner to search out more in depth learning.

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    By Laney G

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    Oct 3, 2018

    gives incredible insight on psychology and would highly recommend if you are looking for a course to give a general idea on what part of psychology you want to study

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    By Mina M

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    Dec 13, 2017

    This is my first course on Coursera & I can consider this is one of the most useful ones I ever had in my life till now.

    Thanks a lot for all great efforts behind it.

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    By Aashish T

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    Jan 19, 2017

    Great course! Learned a lot of things. And professor Steve Joordens is really great teacher. His way of teaching is fascinating! Thank you for providing this course!

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    By milin w

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    Jun 14, 2022

    Absolutely fun and engaging course. It taught me a lot of things in the field of psychology including human behavior and how our body functions. Highly recommended.

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    By sheryl a

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    Jun 6, 2020

    I loved, enjoyed and learned the whole time, Professor Steve is an amazing teacher. I am highly influenced by him. I will recommend everybody to take this course :)

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    By Alok M

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    Feb 4, 2019

    The teaching (Communication) style so that anybody without any prior Psychology knowledge can learn it. Touching all the important aspects of Psychology. Loving it.

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    By Sony l

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    Apr 12, 2021

    UN CURSO MUY NTERESANTE Y ME HA PERMITIDO ACTUALIZAR MIS CONOCIMIENTOS DE PSICOLOGIA Y APRENDER EN OTROS CASOS. EL PROFESOR EXCELENTE Y LA METODOLOGIA ESPECTACULAR

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    By makan

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    Feb 17, 2019

    Very good course! I learned a lot from the lecturer, and the online course complements the textbook that I am reading on introductory psychology. Very informative!

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    By Chinmaya K

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    May 29, 2018

    Steve Joordens is a rockstar of Psychology MOOC's - one of the best courses I have ever attended! It's a must do course for anyone who's interested in Psychology!!

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    By Achala S

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    Oct 25, 2017

    This is the perfect course I was looking for and I feel great after accomplishing this. Exams and Assignment designed were so apt in regard of this course. Thanks!

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    By Rhiannon T

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    Jan 14, 2017

    I have really enjoyed this course. It provides a good introduction to the history of psychology, and offers insight into the basic functions of the brain and body.

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    By MAR�A G

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    Jul 16, 2020

    Me parecio un curso excelente, aprendi mucho acerca de psicologia, le agradezco y le felicito al profesor que dedico su tiempo e hizo un excelente trabajo.

    Gracias

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    By Doaa M

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    Dec 21, 2022

    thank you so much

    it was exactly what i needed, i got alot of benifit. i liked the lecturer so much with his way simply explaining ideas and great sense of humar

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    By Ahlam B

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    Aug 24, 2022

    amazing course would recommend it to anyone intrested in psychology and the instructor is very decent too, he made me see psychology from different perspectives.

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    By Loke A

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    Jun 2, 2022

    by working out in this course, i learnt many knowledge about pssychology and this helps me can get to people easily by observing them. many thanks to this course

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    By Angeles A V

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    Apr 10, 2020

    I really enjoyed this course. The presentations and the structure of the course were all very clear and easy to understand and also very entertaining. Thank you!

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    By Abhijit G

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    Jun 21, 2018

    This is the best course I have done on Coursera! I love the way Prof. explained the complex topics and his energy the flows into me. I never felt this is online.

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    By Duquesa C

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    Sep 2, 2021

    I enjoyed Professor Joorden's Introduction to Psychology course. He made it interesting and fun and easy to listen to. The course material was very eye-opening.

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    By Shelley M

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    Aug 30, 2021

    Steven made the course interesting, engaging, and entertaining! I took the course out of curiosity, and am looking forward to exploring the topic even further!

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