What do you think about this? I am currently taking it and to me, it helps me to get inside the mind of my opponent and gives me a better understanding of myself. It also provides me to know when and how to use self defense and gives me a better understanding of human actions.

Self knowledge is where phychology starts, insight into one own thinking and responses. Observation depends on own intrepretation, so as bruce says "remove psychic hindrance". He learn philosophy, probably psychology in seattle, self observation is best, just like martial arts there is a classical mess of phychology theory.
Need to find the common thread as relating to oneself own development, the tools of phychology should be meditation, insight, and has similiar roots to zen philosophy is the ancenstor of phychology. Should find real insight in phylosophy as regards to phychology predated modern classical theory.