American Psychological Association Courses

Positive Psychology

Explore the science of happiness with the American Psychological Association's 8-week course. Learn about positive psychology, its history, and how to boost your own well-being.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Explore the nuances of human behavior with this 8-week course by the American Psychological Association. Learn qualitative research methods, interviewing techniques, and data analysis in psychology.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Be a Better Learner Using Psychology

Improve your study habits with this 8-week course by the American Psychological Association. Learn cognitive psychology principles to enhance learning efficiency and overcome procrastination.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Psychological Influences on Decision Making

Explore the psychological factors influencing decision-making in this 8-week course by the American Psychological Association. Learn about cognitive, motivational, interpersonal, and group dynamics.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Data Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

How do statistics apply to your life and how can we use statistics to draw conclusions about the world? This course will provide you with an integrated and engaging online experience to explore statistics in the behavioral sciences.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Gender and Sexuality

Explore the concepts of sex, gender, and sexuality across the lifespan with this 8-week course by the American Psychological Association. Learn about developmental changes, gender roles, sexual identity, and more.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Better Writing

Successful learners are able to communicate what they are learning, both verbally and in written formats. This course will provide a review of the basics of writing so that learners can effectively organize, draft, revise, edit, and finalize written inf…

• Coursera
• 1 day 9 hours 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Better Learning

Many people report engaging in study habits that are not very effective or very efficient. How do we know what strategies are best? Cognitive psychologists have been doing research to ask this very question for multiple decades. It turns out that many st…

• Coursera
• 16 hours 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Quantitative Research Methods

Principles of research design important for obtaining reliable, valid results in psychological research are introduced, including practices for definition and measurement of variables, sampling of individuals from populations of interest, and myriad othe…

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Less Stress, Better Health

Stress is a natural part of the human experience.  However, stress can also be damaging to people’s physical and psychological health.  This course provides an introduction to stress in general and then explores the psychological, physiological, and soci…

• Coursera
• 14 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ethics of Psychological Research

15 ratings at Coursera

This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in psychology, ethics in research methods, and quantitative research methods along with high school students and professionals with similar interests.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Statistics in Psychological Research

13 ratings at Coursera

This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in psychology, statistics, data analysis, and research methods along with high school students and professionals with similar interests.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Psychological Research

Explore the fundamentals of psychological research with this course by the American Psychological Association. Learn about research design, data analysis, and ethical standards in psychology.

• Coursera
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Microcredential

Student Success

Students want to be successful when they embark on a learning journey. That success is dependent on a constellation of factors: 1) they need to be able to process the material that is presented in the learning experience; 2) they need the learning experi…

• Coursera
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Psychology in Action

Explore the practical applications of psychology with this 24-week course by the American Psychological Association. Learn about positive psychology, decision-making influences, and gender and sexuality.

• edX
• 24 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• Finished
• $387.00
• 3 courses