Psychology

The Psychology of Criminal Justice course

Crime101x The Psychology of Criminal Justice is one of the most exciting courses that are available today.

Course description states that the course “systematically explores the effectiveness of the law and justice system from a psychological perspective”, which means it covers a list of serious topics in the sphere of crime investigation. It focuses separately on the process of investigating the crime scene, working with eyewitnesses, identifying and questioning the suspect, trial, and other processes. It teaches you the psychology of law and brings to your attention some misconceptions that are commonly held about criminal justice.  Such profound topics make the course sound potentially uneventful and even dull, but that was not the case thanks to creative approach of the course inventors.

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Social Psychology course review

Coursera’s Social Psychology course has already run twice and proved to be very popular with students.

The course is led by inspiring professor Scott Plous, whose genuine wish to pass his knowledge to students is clear in every of his lectures. He grabs your attention already in the introduction video for the course, by providing some unexpected examples of how human psychology works.

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