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.
Psychology in Everyday Life Specialization
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Psychology in Everyday Life Specialization
Understand Well-Being, Decision Making, & Identity. Navigate life more easily by bringing more positivity into your daily experiences, improving the quality of the decisions you make, and understanding how gender and sexuality impact you and people around you.
Instructor: Kyle Smith
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(10 reviews)
Beginner level
Recommended experience
3 months at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Apply evidence-based strategies to boost your happiness, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction.
Improve your decisions based on a scientifically validated understanding of the factors that affect decision making.
Apply comprehensive knowledge of sex and gender to foster informed discussions and create welcoming environments for all individuals.
Overview
Skills you'll gain
- Resilience
- Cultural Diversity
- Human Development
- Interpersonal Communications
- Behavioral Health
- Social Sciences
- Decision Making
- Public Policies
- Sociology
- Mental Health
- Empathy
- Psychology
- Critical Thinking
- Personal Development
- Culture
- Mindfulness
- Behavioral Economics
- Compassion
- Diversity Awareness
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
What’s included
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Taught in English
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March 2025
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
What gender and sexuality are and how they develop over the lifespan
What factors impact the development of gender identity and sexuality
The positive and negative ways that romantic and sexual relationships are formed, flourish, and end
Skills you'll gain
Category: Psychology
Category: Social Sciences
Category: Human Development
Category: Biology
Category: Sociology
Category: Research
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Trend Analysis
What you'll learn
Practical techniques to discover meaning and satisfaction in your life
Interventions to boost happiness for yourself and others
How culture and public policy influence the pursuit of life satisfaction across different countries
Skills you'll gain
Category: Psychology
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Empathy
Category: Public Policies
Category: Compassion
Category: Behavioral Health
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Mindfulness
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Resilience
Category: Research
Category: Mental Health
What you'll learn
Identify the psychological processes that underlie the decisions that you make
Recognize the personal and situational factors that affect the quality of your decisions
Apply information about decision-making processes to better understand and improve your decisions
Skills you'll gain
Category: Psychology
Category: Persuasive Communication
Category: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Social Sciences
Category: Behavioral Economics
Category: Decision Making
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: Research
Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Category: Diversity Awareness
Category: Sociology
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Frequently asked questions
Five weeks depending on how quickly or slowly you navigate the content.
It would be helpful to have a high school degree or equivalent.
We recommend the following order:
1. Psychology of Gender and Sexuality
2. Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
3. The Psychology of Decision Making
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