Introduction to Psychology

In this ongoing class, we will cover major theories, or topics, in psychology.

Shannon Holleran, PhD.

124 total reviews for this teacher

New class

30 minutes

per class

Once per week

every week

11-16

year olds

1-10

learners per class

per learner

How does an “Ongoing” course work?

Meets on a weekly schedule, join any week, no need to catch up on previous material

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Automatic payment every Sunday, cancel any time

Great for clubs and for practicing skills

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Available Times

Pacific Time

Next on Mon Aug 29

Meets Once per week

Monday
11pm - 11:30pm

Outside 6am-10pm in your local time.

1 learner enrolled

Next on Tue Aug 30

Meets Once per week

Tuesday
3:30pm - 4pm

2 learners enrolled

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Description

Class Experience

Why do people think, act, and feel certain ways? If you are curious about these questions, you might be interested in learning more about psychology. Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes. 

In this class, we will cover major theories in psychology. This is an ongoing class which means learners can join and leave at any time. Each topic is independent of each other. I will present information from scientific journals and an open source introduction to psychology textbook in...

I have a PhD in psychology from the University of Arizona and taught college classes for over 10 years.

30 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

I will refer to scientific journal articles from Psychological Science (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/pss) and use the open source textbook Introduction to Psychology (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-psychology/).

Teacher

Shannon Holleran, PhD.

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Lives in the United States

Social/Personality Psychologist

124 total reviews

182 completed classes

About Me

Welcome! I'm a social/personality psychologist. This means I look at how the people around us and our personality traits impact our thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

I'm passionate about making psychology relatable to everyday life. In my...