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PSYCH 101Introductory Psychology

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Psychology
Cross-listed
PSYCH 101R

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 7 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 5 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A general survey course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0013153381 / 446TTh 14:30–15:50
LEC 0023154433 / 446TTh 10:00–11:20
LEC 0033246172 / 285M 18:30–21:20
LEC 0813737296 / 300Online or by arrangement

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00136740 / 446TTh 14:30–15:50
LEC 00236750 / 446TTh 11:30–12:50
LEC 08135220 / 285Online or by arrangement
LEC 7011403717 / 9999Online or by arrangement
LEC 7021267223 / 9999Online or by arrangement

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Reviewed on UW Flow

79% liked it66% easy73% useful

From 1,314 ratings and 287 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Paul himself was a funny guy who made funny jokes, like the kind you would say in your friend group type of humor (ironic, dirty). If he were my age, he'd be a pretty funny guy to hang around. In terms of THE COURSE though, oh boy... If you're majoring/minoring/have an interest in psychology then this course will definitely peek at least one of your interests in psych with how crazy its BREADTH is (he mentioned this course is the result of waterloo deciding to condense 2 courses into 1). It's almost as if they wanted to imitate the TEXTBOOK because GOD DAMN it's dense, LITERALLY 9 pt font, I swear this book is single-handledly carrying the optimistry industry (which we also learn a bit…

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  • Crazy content heavy course. Half of content on midterms and finals come from lectures and the other half from textbook readings that are never brought up in class. The intro content kinda sucks but is necessary to get to the more fun psych courses.

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  • Took the online version. Real interesting stuff if you actually read the weekly modules, but quizzes are totally control-F-able.

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  • Not a bird course with Wehr at all. Wehr wanted us to teach half the content to ourselves through textbook readings. VERY heavy expected workload for such an introductory course. I say expected because no one actually goes through all the readings. 3x10% long answers midterms: gives you 5 questions ahead of time, gives two on the test, marked very hard. 2x15% online multiple choice midterms: pretty hard. He says you won't have time to google answers as you go, trust..there's enough time. 10% research, in class participation: free 10%. Also a 2% bonus you can get if you participate in extra research. 30% exam: non cumulative, pretty fair.
    Wehr himself is a very engaging professor who…

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  • Definitely a heavy course with the in-class lecture content and the online modules but thankfully the assessments aren't cumulative. This isn't too much of a bird course if you're simply looking for something that can boost your average. The online multiple choice tests definitely aren't hard but are worded very confusing and tricky (same goes for the final exam). Long answer tests definitely require a lot of effort and memorization, get started on answering them as early as you can and make sure you go through the online modules as well, because they are definitely tested. The course is pretty content heavy, if you can't memorize things well and write really quickly under pressure then you…

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

1,010 posts and comments in 722 threads mention PSYCH 101, May 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2024

any upper year life sci or honours sci students? 2 points, 2 comments

“if anyone can, i would really appreciate some info about the course load of these programs. i’m currently in my first year for life sciences - psychology. …”

u/rickyrainfroggi: “… how’d you find PSYCH 101? …”

u/lunizaaa: “yes you’re right! i did enjoy psych 101 and did really well in the course. thank you so much for your reply it was super helpful, i didn’t think about honours thesis or research assistantships!”

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3/5 psych courses a term 1 point, 7 comments

“hi im going into my 1b and i was wondering if it’s a dumb idea to take 3 psych courses instead of the 1 they recommend i’m just not really interested in anything else lol”

u/hunterballard44: “Hey, I’m an arts psych student and honestly it depends on how easy you found psych 101. If you did well then you can definitely handle 3 psych courses. I took 4 one semester I think and it was fine.”

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STAT 333 for 2B 5 points, 2 comments

u/serenelmuss314: “… Having completed Math 235/237/239, STAT 230 and another CS course in 2A, I am currently thinking of taking STAT 231, STAT 333, ACTSCI 231, PSYCH 101 for 2B (I have a few credit transfer so taking less than 5 courses for a few term is okay). …”

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Online Psych 101 1 point, 1 comment

u/Pleasant-Bluebird648: “Is psych 101 easier online than in-person? A friend who has psych this semester told me the online cohort has it way easier than he does in-person, so it made me curious, because I was kinda interested in doing a psych/any social sci elective for winter 2025. …”

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Thoughts on 3hr PSYCH lectures that are once a week? 1 point, 5 comments

“Im debating if i should take the 3hr lec, online, or the 3x a week. Which do you recommend?”

u/ruthles726: “which psych course is it?”

u/That-Bookkeeper8419: “PSYCH 101”

u/ruthles726: “… 3 hours once a week for PSYCH 101 can be really long especially night classes. …”

u/ImLiterallyDepressed: “personally I would say that you should choose the option with the best prof - my 3 hour PSYCH101 class was my favourite class ever and it was because my prof was GOATed”

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Norton Inquisitive psych101 2 points, 1 comment

u/Plane_Flan_9675: “Is anyone in psych101 and has the digital textbook from Norton. How do u do the zaps and inquisitives? I can’t log in to get to that page it says my password is wrong even though it’s not. It works to log in to see the textbook”

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What courses to choose for 1B CS?? 2 points, 8 comments

“So the deadline is almost up and I am super late. I am aware of the 3 courses we are required to choose CS136/146 Math136/146 Math138/148 What are the other two courses? …”

u/breakbake: “I think I took a psych course and a physics course to finish my breadth requirements”

u/Physical_Scholar_325: “I'm taking Psych101 right now. So basically we can take any 2 electives? No required courses?”

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