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CRS 101 · The Observing Mind
A broad, practical introduction to psychology — how the mind is studied, how it works, and how to observe your own. No prior study required.
LevelFoundation
Duration8 modules · ~10 weeks
PaceSelf-paced, free navigation
Effort2–3 hrs / week
LanguageEnglish · audio included
PriceFree
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What you will learn
- Explain how psychologists study what cannot be directly seen
- Use the four perspectives — biological, cognitive, developmental, social — on real situations
- Observe your own reactions with "description before interpretation"
- Apply core findings on memory, emotion, and habit to daily life
Modules
Expected outcomes
Define psychology as a science of the invisible; practise description before interpretation.
Define psychology as a science of the invisible; practise description before interpretation.
- · A Science of the Invisible15 min
Expected outcomes
Learner can name the brain's major territories, trace how a feeling becomes a bodily state, and observe one of their own reflexes.
Learner can name the brain's major territories, trace how a feeling becomes a bodily state, and observe one of their own reflexes.
- · Where Does Mind Live?12 min
- · The Body Keeps the Signal13 min
- · Reflex and Response12 min
- · Check & Reflect15 min
Expected outcomes
You can explain why perception is construction, not photography, and catch one perceptual shortcut in your own day.
You can explain why perception is construction, not photography, and catch one perceptual shortcut in your own day.
- · The World Is Not a Photograph12 min
- · Attention: The Spotlight12 min
- · Shortcuts and Illusions13 min
- · Check & Reflect10 min
Expected outcomes
You can describe how experience rewires behaviour and design one small habit change of your own.
You can describe how experience rewires behaviour and design one small habit change of your own.
- · How Experience Rewires Us12 min
- · Consequences Shape Us12 min
- · The Anatomy of a Habit13 min
- · Check & Reflect12 min
Expected outcomes
You can describe how memory is made, stored, and lost — and use one technique to remember better.
You can describe how memory is made, stored, and lost — and use one technique to remember better.
- · How a Memory Is Made13 min
- · Why We Forget12 min
- · Memory Rebuilds, It Doesn't Replay13 min
- · Check & Reflect12 min
Expected outcomes
You can describe what emotions are for and what moves us to act — and read one of your own emotions or drives more clearly.
You can describe what emotions are for and what moves us to act — and read one of your own emotions or drives more clearly.
- · What Emotions Are For13 min
- · Reading and Regulating Feeling13 min
- · What Moves Us12 min
- · Check & Reflect12 min
Expected outcomes
You can describe how a person changes across a lifetime — body, mind, and identity — and see one developmental force at work in your own life.
You can describe how a person changes across a lifetime — body, mind, and identity — and see one developmental force at work in your own life.
- · A Life in Motion13 min
- · The Growing Mind12 min
- · Becoming Someone13 min
- · Check & Reflect12 min
Expected outcomes
You can explain how other people shape our thoughts, judgments, and behaviour — and notice one social force acting on yourself.
You can explain how other people shape our thoughts, judgments, and behaviour — and notice one social force acting on yourself.
- · The Social Mind13 min
- · Why We Follow12 min
- · Us and Them13 min
- · Check & Reflect12 min