Psychology 101: Why We Think, Feel, and Act the Way We do (Udemy.com)
Psychology Principles: Learn how the human mind works and how you can use the power of your mind to your advantage
Created by: Joeel & Natalie of Transformation Services
Last updated October 2026
What you will learn
- Describe key concepts, phenomena, theories and topics in psychology
- Understand more about the field of psychology
- Learn how the human mind works and how you can use the power of your mind to your advantage
- Learn the reasons you think, feel and act the way you do, as well as understand other people better
How it compares
Against the other 662 rated Udemy courses in Health & Fitness on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 17% of them
- Reviews402#263 of 663 by number of reviews
- Length7.1 hourslonger than 85% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2026more recently than 99% of them
Course Description
Do you know that psychology impacts every aspect of your life?
Psychology can answer basic and complex questions such as:
Why do people think and act the way they do?
Why are some people miserable and others happy for no reason?
How does the human mind work, how do we learn, and how does memory work?
Why does society and the media have so much influence on people?
We’ll cover all of this and more in this Introduction to Psychology course!
The key to unlocking success and happiness in life is UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF—including why you think, feel and act the way you do. The best way to learn about yourself is to understand psychology and then apply it to your own life. In fact, most people who enter the psychology field are initially drawn to it out of an interest in understanding and improving themselves.
Most of human behavior and experience takes place unconsciously, meaning we aren’t aware of WHY we feel or act the way we do. By learning what psychology is and how the human mind works, we become CONSCIOUS of what is taking place INSIDE of us and how this influences what we experience in life. This course teaches the foundation of psychology and provides a framework for understanding yourself AND human behavior in general.
Here’s what you will learn in this Psychology course:
· Learn how the human mind works and how you can use the power of your mind to your advantage
· Learn the reasons you think, feel and act the way you do, as well as understand other people better
· Explore different approaches to psychology and how research is conducted
· Learn about how our senses interact with our brain and how this influences how we perceive the world around us
· Find out if you are right brain or left brain dominant and what that means
· Develop an understanding of the psychology of emotions and a better understanding of your own emotions, including what happens in your body when you’re stressed or anxious
· Learn the psychology of memory and how your memory works, why you forget things, and how to improve your memory
· Understand how you learn and why you were conditioned to continue certain behaviors and patterns
· Explore what motivation is and how it works
· Understand how children learn and grow based on their experience with their parents and the world around them
· Explore social psychology and the influence that OTHERS have on you, including conformity, obedience, prejudice, and behaviors
This course will also help students enrolled in AP Psychology and college-level Introduction to Psychology courses by providing reinforcement of concepts in a more interesting way with a fun professor! It is also a great course for anyone interested in pursuing a career in psychology.
So, are you ready to transform your life by developing an understanding why we think, feel, and act the way we do? If so enroll now, we look forward to seeing you in the course!
Guarantee: We know you will love this course. However, we offer a no-questions-asked 30-day money-back guarantee if the course does not meet your needs for any reason.
About the Professor: Joeel A. Rivera is a former Psychology Instructor with over a decade in the field of Psychology. Loved by his students for being “the nutty professor,” he is known for making learning FUN and presenting information in every-day language that is interesting and easy to apply to your life. You can read college students’ reviews at Rate My Professor.
In over a decade in the life coaching field I have worked with tens of thousands of people, and I also have 800,000+ students from 200 countries.
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Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
402 Reviews
Joeel & Natalie of Transformation Services
Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. and Natalie Rae are pioneers in the life coaching field and co-founders of Transformation Services – the leading online course marketplace for life coaching, personal development and entrepreneurship. They’re the only life coach training organization in the world with 60+ niche coaching certifications, providing completely self-paced, done-for-you coaching programs offered at accessible prices.
They have PROUDLY served nearly 1,000,000 happy students from 200 countries and territories.
Using the science of psychology and human potential, they train leading edge entrepreneurs, leaders, and life coaches how to master their mindset and create a purpose-driven business so they can monetize their passion and live life on their terms.
Joeel A. Rivera, MEd: From an early age, Joeel faced adversity, including failing his first year of college and losing his brother to a car accident at the age of 19. This experience transformed his life and instilled a deep sense of purpose by inspiring him to give his brother Daniel's name a meaning by helping others find their true path. He returned to college, earning a Master's Degree in Counseling and all but the dissertation for his Ph.D. in Psychology, and later became a psychology professor.
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Reviews
By Remonde on 2/16/2024
This course is everything. Thank you very much, Mr. Rivera, for your time and dedication to your learning, and I want to share all that has helped you move forward and grow healthy in the world. I am happy I can always come back to revisit this course.
By Paul Newton on 3/10/2022
It's a grand entry to psychology. I like how it ended with social psychology. Going through this course in 2022 and reflecting on all that's been happening over the past 2years shows how much psychology impacts our worlds without us knowing. Thanks to the team for putting this together.
By Matt Breeland on 6/6/2020
Good content overall, but honestly didn't feel like a University level course. There were also spelling and grammar problems on numerous slides. A nitpick, though a distracting one, is how he mispronounced Arkansas despite being an American. Anyway, the content was good and he was a clear and precise speaker for the most part, but I would expect a little higher quality, and also higher level content, for a course labeled "Psychology 101".
By Ashwini Sidhu on 6/3/2020
I am from Technical background (IT) and found human mind & emotions very difficult to understand. I loved this course. Joeel (Instructor) goes through the basics first and then explains advanced concepts in a simple & easy language. Loved the course.
By Steven Moriarty on 4/23/2020
The material itself is really good. 5 stars for that. But the presentation needs work. The slides have frequent spelling and grammar errors, and sometimes wrong words are used. It's not very professional to see that. If those were fixed, it would be a solid 5 stars.
By James C. Moffat on 9/19/2019
This is the second course I have taken and completed by Joeel and I really enjoyed them!! I think they were very informative and well done courses, I did find a few details bothersome but they were strictly subjective personal preferences that I do not fault the instructor for. Highly Recommended.
By Gavin Stone on 5/2/2019
Excellent introduction to the fundamentals of psychology. Well designed and thought out, with great pacing and explanations. I thoroughly enjoyed every section of the course and would highly recommend it to anyone considering taking the path into psychology.
By Emiel de Jonge on 7/16/2017
The presentations are very professional and the lecturer knows what he is talking about. They also use a lot of real experiments as examples and also he uses his own life a lot as an example. I really like the personal and professional aspect of this course. He knows very well how to present the material in a clear and simplified way without reducing the information.
By Marie-Josee Borduas on 4/24/2017
This course is loaded with information, and well researched. The only down side is that the delivery is a little monotone, often sounds like reading a script, and mostly slides which are not as interesting as an engaged speaker. Nonetheless, the information makes it worth spending the time to listen.
By Michelle Lampert-Lloyd on 1/11/2017
Within just the first two lectures i have already learnt alot. I think its important for a subject like pyschology to have some background information on the speaker. Here it has been done amazingly, honestly, factually and in a really motivational way. It has made it really easy to engage and excite me for the rest of the course.
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