TRCC Psyberspace -- Psychology Courses

We offer you a variety of fascinating courses based on current scientific research. 

 Do you want to learn what makes other people think and act as they do?

A theoretical and experiential exploration and understanding of the self-encountering the self and the self-encountering the other.  The course is designed to facilitate students’ progress beyond “ insight” to initiating constructive change where so desired.  Topics include: the healthy personality, the body, emotion, self-disclosure, social roles, love, work, play, religion and self, communication patterns, families and healthy personality, and loss and death.

This course is designed to expose the student to a wide range of concepts and problems in the field of psychology as a behavioral science.  Emphasis is placed on the following areas and topics: the  science of psychology, biological psychology, perception, learning theory and memory, emotion and motivation, thought and language, and workplace psychology.  

Special emphasis is placed on the applied and social aspects of psychology.  Topics will include: brief treatment of research methodology and the biological bases of behavior with in-depth treatment of:  personality theory and assessment, abnormal behavior, psychotherapy, sexuality and gender, states of awareness, social psychology, as well as stress and health.

This course will study the psychosocial and cognitive development of humans from birth to death.  There will be an emphasis on distinct time periods such as conception and development of the fetus, infancy, childhood, puberty and adolescence, young, middle, and late adulthood, and gerontology.

This course will study the psychological causes and manifestations of thinking, feeling, and acting in the second decade of life.  Theoretical material, research, and applied material will be included with particular emphasis on major theories. Considerable attention is given to cultural influences and trends.

This course presents an in-depth and extensive psychological study of social behavior.  The major thrust of this course will focus upon attitude formation, language and communication, group interaction, leadership roles, and cultural forces.  These factors will be examined as they affect individuals in contemporary society.

This course will study the major theories of personality, with emphasis on psychoanalytic theory, and descendants, learning theory & phenomenological theories.  Models in literature will be examined in the context of the major theories of personality.

This course offers an introduction to psychopathology and psychotherapy.  A study of emotional disturbance includes: neuroses and personality disorders, psychoses, psychodiagnosis, and psychotherapy with an emphasis on how disorders begin and various treatments that are used.  Topics in the course are: the nature of neurosis, anxiety reactions, obsessive-compulsive reactions, depressive reactions, hysteria and psycho-physiological reactions, personality disturbance, sexual deviance, addictions, theories of psychosis, forms of psychosis, somatic therapies, psychoanalytic therapies, behavior therapy, client-centered therapy, and group therapies.

This course provides an examination of the structure and property of organizations with emphasis on business and industrial organizational functioning.  Psychological factors include: motivation, leadership, group processes, incentives, and conflict resolution

Upper level courses