Psychology in English
Like Duolingo, but for Psychology in English. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Language of the Self and Thinking and Reacting. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Psychology in English
- Emotions are brief, high-intensity reactions to specific events
- Naming a feeling engages the thinking brain
- Moods are lower-intensity states that persist over time without a single clear cause
- Labeling an emotion reduces its physiological and emotional intensity
- English speakers use 'mood' to describe the background weather of the mind
- The act of choosing the right English word acts as a 'brake' on the feeling
- Distinguishing between temporary emotions and long-term moods
- The practical effect of Affect Labeling
- The verb 'to be' implies permanent identity
- Distinguishing emotions from moods
- Subjective statements describe internal experiences
- The verb 'to feel' frames emotions as passing
- Objective statements describe outward actions
- Language choice separates identity from state
- Differentiating subjective from objective
- Separating feeling from doing for clarity
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Psychology in English the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What happens in your head the moment you try to find the right English word for a feeling?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Psychology in English takes you
Learn to describe the human experience using the essential vocabulary of modern psychology. This course bridges the gap between everyday English and the scientific terms we use to understand our minds.
- 1
The Language of the Self
- Naming Your Inner World
- The Mechanics of Habit
- 2
Thinking and Reacting
- Common Thinking Traps
- Stress and Resilience
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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