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Psychology I

A free, interactive first-year university psychology course: behavioural biology, research methods, learning, emotion and social psychology.

A rigorous psychology course covering behavioral biology, ethology, the history of psychology, society and health, research techniques and statistics, learning and emotion, individual differences, psychophysiology, and social psychology.

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About this course

Psychology I is a first-year university psychology course that treats the subject as a science, not a collection of facts to memorise. Lessons are short and the questions are built to make you think — interpreting studies, reasoning about experiments, and applying concepts to real situations — rather than recalling definitions.

It spans the breadth of a first-year syllabus: the biological basis of behaviour and ethology, the history and major schools of psychology, society and health, and the research techniques and statistics that make psychology empirical. From there it covers learning and emotion, individual differences, psychophysiology and social psychology, giving you both the content and the methodological literacy the discipline demands.

It is designed for students starting a psychology, neuroscience or health-sciences degree, anyone curious about the science of the mind, and learners who want depth and rigour over pop-psychology summaries. Every unit is free to start, and the lesson text is open-source on GitHub.

10 units

  1. 01Behavioral Biology
  2. 02Ethology
  3. 03History of Psychology
  4. 04Society and Health
  5. 05Research Techniques
  6. 06Learning and Emotion
  7. 07Individual Differences
  8. 08Statistics
  9. 09Psychophysiology
  10. 10Social Psychology

Read the lessons

Every lesson explanation in Psychology I is free to read on the web. Practice questions and interactive scenes are in the app.

Behavioral Biology

Ethology

History of Psychology

Society and Health

Research Techniques

Learning and Emotion

Individual Differences

Statistics

Psychophysiology

Social Psychology

Frequently asked questions

Is Psychology I free on Tryals?

Yes — you can start it for free on iOS, Android and web, and the lesson content is open-source under CC BY-SA on GitHub.

What topics does Psychology I cover?

Behavioural biology and ethology, the history of psychology, society and health, research techniques and statistics, learning and emotion, individual differences, psychophysiology, and social psychology.

Is this a scientific psychology course or pop psychology?

It is scientific. A full unit is devoted to research methods and statistics, and questions throughout ask you to interpret studies and reason about evidence rather than recall trivia.

Do I need any background to start?

No prior background is required. The course builds from the biological and historical foundations upward, so it works as a genuine first-year introduction.

Does it include research methods and statistics?

Yes — understanding how psychological research is designed and analysed is a core part of the course, because it is what separates psychology as a science from opinion.

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