{"id":5954,"date":"2022-01-06T20:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy102\/?page_id=5954"},"modified":"2022-01-06T20:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:54:10","slug":"course-aims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy102\/course-guide\/course-aims\/","title":{"rendered":"Course aims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"aim\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Aim<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tleft\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:182px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Aims_icon.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aims icon.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/6\/6e\/Aims_icon.png\/180px-Aims_icon.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"171\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Evolution, Behavior and Sensation and Perception<\/b> is the second of three free micro Open Online Courses (mOOCs) that jointly constitute the first half of a first-year university introductory psychology course. 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