Psychology Program TRCC

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The Psychology Department of Three Rivers Community College offers you insight, options and information that will benefit you personally and professionally. We look forward to working with you to enhance your abilities to:

Problem solve,

Communicate well,

Objectively analyze controversial issues from a variety of perspectives,

Develop critical thinking skills necessary to formulate and answer scientific questions, and

Understand others including those quite different from you.



Introductory level courses are designed to help you:



Understand research logic and methodology

Develop the ability to think critically about psychological issues

Acquire an understanding of the human nervous system

Delineate contributions of major psychological theorists

Develop written communication skills

Comprehend the roles that environment and physiology play in behavior and thinking



Upper level courses are designed to help you:
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Learn the methodology of psychology and its limitations

Formulate scientific questions pertaining to behavior and mental processes

Develop skills to locate, read and evaluate psychological resources in print and electronic formats

Become conversant in the language of psychological terms, concepts and theories

Analyze behavior using psychological theories

Appreciate the necessity of a multi-level explanation of behavior

If you have questions concerning the Psychology discipline at Three Rivers Community College,

	Drop Professor Carroll an e - mail, or
	Visit Professor Benoit’s General Psychology I website,

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	Problem solve,
	Communicate well,
	Objectively analyze controversial issues from a variety of perspectives,
	Develop critical thinking skills necessary to formulate and answer scientific questions, and
	Understand others including those quite different from you.

	Understand research logic and methodology
	Develop the ability to think critically about psychological issues
	Acquire an understanding of the human nervous system
	Delineate contributions of major psychological theorists
	Develop written communication skills
	Comprehend the roles that environment and physiology play in behavior and thinking

	Learn the methodology of psychology and its limitations
	Formulate scientific questions pertaining to behavior and mental processes
	Develop skills to locate, read and evaluate psychological resources in print and electronic formats
	Become conversant in the language of psychological terms, concepts and theories
	Analyze behavior using psychological theories
	Appreciate the necessity of a multi-level explanation of behavior