Introduction to Psychology - St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

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4.5
6 reviews
  • Great course, truly captivating and you can tell everybody engaged has invested an immense push to make this a truly proficient and a pleasant course.
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  • Has the correct number of recordings to acquaint you with every point. Flawless course, truly wonderfully organized and has a considerable measure of perusing material.
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  • A disgrace of China's best University. The course is not sorted out methodicallly, and the guidelines are in Chinese. Likewise, practices after every segment are not firmly linked with the recordings. Numerous blunders in interpretation.
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Free

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    Online

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    Different dates available

There is no more salient topic in the global information age than the human condition, including learning, behavior and dysfunction.With this course you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.

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Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

This course is recommended for secondary school students in grades 11 and 12.

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Reviews

4.5
excellent
  • Great course, truly captivating and you can tell everybody engaged has invested an immense push to make this a truly proficient and a pleasant course.
    |
  • Has the correct number of recordings to acquaint you with every point. Flawless course, truly wonderfully organized and has a considerable measure of perusing material.
    |
  • A disgrace of China's best University. The course is not sorted out methodicallly, and the guidelines are in Chinese. Likewise, practices after every segment are not firmly linked with the recordings. Numerous blunders in interpretation.
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4.3
fantastic

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Rav Sandhu

4.5
15/12/2016
What I would highlight: Great course, truly captivating and you can tell everybody engaged has invested an immense push to make this a truly proficient and a pleasant course.
What could be improved: No negative aspects.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

student

4.5
14/12/2016
What I would highlight: Has the correct number of recordings to acquaint you with every point. Flawless course, truly wonderfully organized and has a considerable measure of perusing material.
What could be improved: Nothing bad.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Michael Chen

4.5
13/12/2016
What I would highlight: A disgrace of China's best University. The course is not sorted out methodicallly, and the guidelines are in Chinese. Likewise, practices after every segment are not firmly linked with the recordings. Numerous blunders in interpretation.
What could be improved: Everything OK.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

linda palson

4.5
19/10/2016
What I would highlight: Not good.
What could be improved: I am sorry to describe that this course is mis-interpretation of the self. When i asked for a repayment on the grounds that the course is not in English, everything is in Chinese I was informed that my case was expelled. I paid ahead of time for a cert. Whats more, no new dates have been told as far as the brginning of the course are conceerned.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

fardawsa ahmed

4.5
19/10/2016
What I would highlight: It has been an awesome course. I admire this and I am so cheerful becouse I get this course in edx.org I like the educators becouse they are incredible individuals they attempt to comprehend us the human and their conduct
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Paul Hundal

4.5
18/10/2016
What I would highlight: This has been an extraordinary course, overwhelming on the perusing however. Dr. Graham is a joy to listen to and substance is exceptionally efficient, enlightening and intriguing. It merits working through on the off chance that you need a reasonably good college level prologue to psychology.
What could be improved: Everything was positive.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2017

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 8 years

Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Biology
  • Human condition
  • Emotion
  • Development

Course programme

Psychology is the academic and applied study of the human mind and behavior. Perhaps there are no more salient topics in the information age and the global economy than a comprehensive understanding of how learning takes place and what predicts and determines human behavior. The course is a primer, meant to provide substantive content through which to understand the human condition and to inspire students to continue their learning and growth.

Students interested in the study of psychology are interested in why people do, say and think what they do. They have questions about how learning takes place, how genetics dictate certain traits but not others, how memories are formed, where to draw the line between normality and disorder, whether a damaged brain can regain function and the predictors of addiction.

Through this introductory course, students will have the opportunity to understand the science of psychology and how psychologists measure mental function and behavior and how the results are reported. They will better understand perception and consciousness and the mysteries of sleep and dreams. Through child development, they will understand how the brain is ready for learning and pre-wired for language. Motivation, cognition and personality will be analyzed through the lens of past and current psychological thought. Students will understand the statistical reality of the normal distribution and how that is relevant to most traits. They will review new research on the plasticity of the brain and consider whether intelligence is fixed or flexible. Lastly, the array of disorders and dysfunction will be analyzed and discussed and the line between normal and abnormal will be considered.

at you'll learn
  • An understanding of what psychology is and its history
  • How brain structures function and how neurotransmitters influence behavior
  • Concepts of how we learn as well as components of emotion
  • How a child's mind and personality develops
  • Discover classifications of abnormal behaviors

Additional information

Jeneen Graham Jeneen Graham has been the Academic Dean at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School since the summer of 2012.  Prior to her arrival at St. Margaret’s, she was the Assistant Director of the Center for Research on Cognition and Learning at the University of California, Irvine.  She was also a Lecturer in the School of Education and taught classes to graduate and undergraduate students on the psychology of cognition and learning. Dr. Graham holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with a minor in Spanish from Dartmouth College and a Doctorate of Education in Educational Administration from the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, Los Angeles. Her dissertation was entitled, “Elements of Human Effectiveness: Intelligences, Traits and Abilities that Lead to Success and Fulfillment in Life. 

Introduction to Psychology - St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

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