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Psychology in the Age of GenAI: The Human Mind and Behavior Specialization

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Psychology in the Age of GenAI: The Human Mind and Behavior Specialization

AI-Powered Psychology for Personal Well-Being.

Apply psychology and AI tools to enhance wellness, communication, and decision-making.

John Whitworth
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Ritesh Vajariya

Instructors: John Whitworth

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Use AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to support mood tracking, stress management, mindfulness, and personal goal achievement.

  • Apply psychological frameworks (PERMA, LAER, empathy models) to evaluate AI wellness tools and enhance human-AI interactions.

  • Develop critical evaluation skills to assess AI outputs for accuracy, bias, and ethical concerns before acting on recommendations.

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February 2026

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Specialization - 13 course series

GenAI Wellness: Prompt, Evaluate, Thrive

GenAI Wellness: Prompt, Evaluate, Thrive

Course 1, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Decision Making
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Technical Documentation
Category: Responsible AI
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Patient Education And Counseling
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Health And Wellness Coaching
Category: AI literacy
Optimize Your Wellness with AI Features

Optimize Your Wellness with AI Features

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Quality
Category: AI literacy
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Health And Wellness Coaching
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Predictive Analytics
Category: Supervised Learning
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Data Ethics
Uncover AI's Impact on Consumer Psychology

Uncover AI's Impact on Consumer Psychology

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Trustworthiness
Category: Product Improvement
Category: Human Factors
Category: Discussion Facilitation
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Usability
Category: Conversion Funnel Analysis
Category: Usability Testing
Category: Marketing Psychology
Category: AI literacy
Category: Data Capture
Category: User Experience
Category: Record Keeping
Category: AI Product Strategy
Category: User Research
Category: Empathy
Category: Journey Mapping
Empathic AI Communication and Analysis

Empathic AI Communication and Analysis

Course 4, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Quality Assessment
Category: Empathy
Category: AI literacy
Category: Content Performance Analysis
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: Knowledge Transfer
Category: Customer Complaint Resolution
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Customer Communications Management
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Customer Support
Category: Communication
Category: Organizational Development
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Active Listening
Category: Customer Analysis
Category: Anthropic Claude
Category: Independent Thinking
Category: De-escalation Techniques
Category: Customer and Client Support
Cultivate Empathy: AI Chatbot Conversations

Cultivate Empathy: AI Chatbot Conversations

Course 5, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Classify cognitive vs. affective empathy in AI chatbot outputs and human conversations.

  • Apply paraphrasing and active-listening techniques in peer support conversations, practicing with real AI tools to refine your approach.

  • Demonstrate structured empathic listening through role-play exercises with documented reflection highlights.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
Category: Empathy
Category: Relationship Building
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: AI literacy
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Active Listening
Track, Analyze & Your Mood

Track, Analyze & Your Mood

Course 6, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Develop personal mood intelligence by recognizing standard valence scales and emotion labels used in mood tracking

  • Apply a mood-tracking app with AI-suggested triggers.

  • Apply evaluate trend charts to identify meaningful patterns in personal emotional data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Trend Analysis
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Collection
Category: Generative AI
Category: Communication
Category: Personal Development
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
AI-Guided Stress Reduction & Analysis

AI-Guided Stress Reduction & Analysis

Course 7, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recall three evidence‑based stress‑reduction techniques for quick reference during high‑pressure work situations.

  • Apply an AI‑guided breathing exercise triggered by real‑time biometric stress alerts.

  • Analyze dashboard data to compare heart rates and build sustainable stress habits.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stress Management
Category: Vital Signs
Category: Physiology
Category: Mindfulness
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Descriptive Analytics
Category: Empathy
Category: Data Analysis
Category: AI literacy
Category: Meditation & Breathwork
Category: Habit Formation
Category: Dashboard
Category: AI Integrations
Category: Personal Development
Category: Standard Operating Procedure
Category: Respiratory Care
Boost Your Well-being with PERMA Experiments

Boost Your Well-being with PERMA Experiments

Course 8, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recognize the five elements of the PERMA well-being model.

  • Understand how 'Three Good Things' improves well-being based on psychological theory.

  • Apply your own 7-day well-being experiment using ChatGPT for personalized reflection prompts and Google Sheets.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Experimentation
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Mental Health
Category: Psychological Evaluations
Category: AI literacy
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Positivity
Category: Personal Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: People Development
Category: Data Capture
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Data Collection
Category: Research Reports
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Data Entry
Decide Smart: AI-Powered Pros, Cons, Values

Decide Smart: AI-Powered Pros, Cons, Values

Course 9, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recognize the Pros-Cons-Mitigations framework as a structured approach to complex choices.

  • Apply AI decision-support tools (ChatGPT/Claude) to generate and organize comprehensive pros and cons lists for their own dilemmas.

  • Evaluate those lists against their personal values using a worksheet.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision Making
Category: AI literacy
Category: Decisiveness
Category: Dealing With Ambiguity
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Anthropic Claude
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Personal Integrity
Category: Mitigation
AI Mindfulness: Focus, Guide, Analyze

AI Mindfulness: Focus, Guide, Analyze

Course 10, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand foundational mindfulness principles to build a strong personal practice.

  • Complete guided sessions using AI‑based tools to reinforce mindfulness techniques.

  • Analyze their attention patterns to gain insight into their focus and distractions.

  • Select personalized improvement tactics based on these insights to enhance their mindfulness practice.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mindfulness
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Persona Development
Category: Habit Formation
Category: Personal Development
Category: Generative AI
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Mental Concentration
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: AI literacy
Category: Psychology
Category: Data Analysis
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Tactfulness
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Goal Setting
Build Trustworthy AI: Measure Human Connection

Build Trustworthy AI: Measure Human Connection

Course 11, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recogniz users form human-like attachments to AI companions.

  • Measure perceived warmth and competence using a standardized survey.

  • Determine the low trust scores require escalation to human support.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Psychological Evaluations
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Persona (User Experience)
Category: User Experience
Category: UI/UX Research
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Decision Making
Category: Decision Intelligence
Category: Trustworthiness
Category: Human Computer Interaction
Category: Psychosocial Assessments
Category: User Research
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Surveys
Category: AI literacy
Category: Data Collection
Category: Generative AI
Guard Your Mind: Ethical AI Habits

Guard Your Mind: Ethical AI Habits

Course 12, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recognize guiding principles for responsible AI use to support ethical personal wellness and decision‑making.

  • Apply in‑app consent protocols before sharing personal data.

  • Evaluate AI recommendations for bias or harmful content using a checklist and flag problematic outputs through clear protocols.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Informed Consent
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Category: User Flows
Category: AI literacy
Category: Habit Formation
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Compliance Auditing
Category: AI Security
Category: Data Sharing
Category: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Category: Accountability
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Achieve Goals with AI: Track and Adjust

Achieve Goals with AI: Track and Adjust

Course 13, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Transforming vague intentions into SMART goals and building AI-powered tracking systems with personalized reminders using AI tools.

  • Evaluating AI-generated progress analysis to make data-informed adjustments while maintaining human judgment as the final authority.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI literacy
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Smart Goals
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Independent Thinking
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Generative AI
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Decision Making
Category: Anthropic Claude
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Self-Awareness

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John Whitworth
Coursera
30 Courses2,635 learners
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28 Courses693 learners
Ritesh Vajariya
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28 Courses693 learners

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