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Psychology
Psychology of the self
Who are you? What helped to create the person that you are today? These are…
Introduction to positive psychology
For many decades, the discipline of psychology suffered from an image problem. It was negative…
Psychology of evil
If you were to ask a random person on the street whether they are inherently…
Introduction to clinical neuropsychology
How does human behavior map onto the brain? And what changes reflect in human behavior…
Confident conflict management
This course is designed to equip you with a deep understanding of what is really…
The theories of Sigmund Freud
This course is designed to introduce you to the life of Sigmund Freud and to…
Introduction to personality psychology: The Big 5 traits
This course is designed to introduce you to the world of personality psychology. Specifically, the…
Coping with loneliness in the modern world
Loneliness is the epidemic of today’s world. Most of us feel lonely at some point…
Most brilliant social psychology experiments
The world of social psychology is full of strangeness. This course will cover 10 of…
How to analyze signatures
Ever wonder what signatures—yours, your boss’s, your clients’—reveal about personality? In this course, you will…
How cognitive biases are messing up your decisions
Whether you’ve known it or not, many of your decisions have been based on faulty…
Psychological factors that influence purchase decisions
If you want to have the highest chance of turning prospective customers into buyers, understanding…
History
Ten significant women in science
Welcome to this course on significant female scientists. Over the next ten days, you will…
Revolutions that changed the world
In this course, we will take a journey through the most significant revolutions in history….
The mad world of the Roman emperors
This course will give you an insight in the world of the Roman emperors. In…
Technologies that transformed humanity
Although we usually think of technology as unique to modern times, our prehistoric ancestors actually…
Human history and the first civilizations
What happened in history before ancient Greeks and Romans? In this course, we’ll cover the…
Vikings: History and mindset
This course looks at the forces that made the Vikings, their adaptive responses to changing…
Ten turning points of World War II
Between the fall of 1939 and the summer of 1941, Hitler’s Germany conquered most of…
Greatest US presidents
Some presidents of the United States have responded well to crisis situations to assure the…
Deadliest dictators in history
Some men leave legacies not of building bridges, but of burning harvests. Some men’s names…
Europe’s greatest explorers
Explorers are never content with what is known. They are especially curious, adventuring to find…
History of western epidemics
Infectious diseases have been around for as long as humanity. Some are localized, and some…
Trials that shaped the modern world
The law changes more slowly than social opinion. When people’s behaviors are drastically different from…
Philosophy
Ancient Greek philosophy
What does it mean to be a skeptic or a cosmopolitan? Who first talked about…
The philosophy of happiness
What is happiness? How can we find a path to happier lives? Is there a…
Brain-twisting paradoxes
There are paradoxes in our world that are so complicated, they can make your brain…
Sci-Phi: Philosophy through science fiction
Science fiction isn’t juvenile escapism. It finds its origin in philosophical writings and is one…
Logic basics: Understanding arguments
We all reason and are exposed to the reasoning of others every day, but few…
Women in philosophy
Philosophy is about exploring the deepest questions of human life. But there is a significant…
Thinking morally: An introduction to utilitarianism
A gun’s pointed at your head. You see two buttons. The man holding the barrel…
Great modern philosophers
The great writings of the “king of disciplines” belong to all of us, and their…
Nature
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