Overview

Modern society changes quickly, making adaptability a crucial skill. This specialization will help you adapt to personal and professional challenges by teaching you evidence-based strategies to enhance your psychological well-being, to improve your ability to make optimal decisions, and to understand and appropriately react to people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. You’ll learn proven techniques to boost life satisfaction and to avoid common decision-making mistakes, and you’ll learn about how gender identity and sexual orientation develop and impact relationships. These skills will help you thrive in any environment.

Syllabus

Course 1: The Psychology of Gender and Sexuality
Course 2: Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
Course 3: The Psychology of Decision Making

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13 hours 44 minutes
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Have you ever wondered how or why you make the choices you do? In Psychology of Decision Making, you'll explore the hidden psychological processes that lead you to make good decisions, and those that can lead you astray. For example, when you try to decide whether someone is trustworthy, do you focus on the right information? How are your emotions affecting the decision? Are you deciding based on what is true, or based on what you want to be true? How much are other people biasing your decision? By the end of the course, you'll understand how these factors influence your decisions and how you can best anticipate and correct for the errors you're likely to make. Created by the American Psychological Association, written by experts in the field, and based on decades of psychological science, Psychology of Decision Making will be a valuable resource for anyone trying to understand and improve their decisions.
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14 hours 42 minutes
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Discover scientifically validated pathways to enhance your happiness and psychological well-being in this course, designed to help you pursue a meaningful and satisfying life. Some of these pathways, like developing meaningful friendships, may be obvious to you, while others, such as focusing on gratitude, mindfully meditating, helping people in need, and viewing others with unconditional positive regard, may be less obvious. Upon completion of this course, in addition to having a clear plan for improving your happiness and life satisfaction, you will have a deeper understanding of happiness, insight into how you can find meaning in your life, an awareness of the role of positive emotions in different cultures, and an appreciation of how public policies can improve or worsen the happiness of a country as a whole. Overall, regardless of who you are, the material in this course can put you on a path to a happier, more fulfilling life.
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12 hours 56 minutes
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Discover the intricate dynamics of gender and sexuality in this comprehensive course, designed to deepen your understanding of these fundamental aspects of human identity. You will explore a wide range of topics, from the biological development of sex characteristics to the social constructs of gender, and from the variability in sexual behaviors to the cultural factors influencing gender fluidity and rigidity. By the end of this course, you'll have a strong grasp of the biological, psychological, and cultural dimensions of gender and sexuality. You’ll be able to explain how sex characteristics develop across the lifespan, analyze the impact of puberty on body image, and compare gender constructs across different cultures. Additionally, you'll explore romantic relationships and the many different pathways—both positive and negative—these relationships can follow. Whether you're looking to deepen your personal understanding or enhance your professional knowledge, this course provides valuable insights and practical tools to navigate and appreciate the complexities of gender and sexuality in both individual and societal contexts.