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October 25, 2025
 PSY 101 Introductory Psychology[psychology images]

Instructor: Vincent W. Hevern, S.J., Ph.D.

  • Section 03 MWF 1:00-1:50 pm GH 219

Lecture Notes (FALL 2025)   

Below you will find two different kinds of materials

  • NOTES (or POWERPOINT HANDOUTS) are the complete set of materials that I use for each individual class lecture. You should consider downloading these and printing them out.
  • [OUTLINES] or [POWERPOINTS] are the visual (and sometimes sound) materials for a class that I will use on my computer screen and which I will talk about in each lecture. If we were holding class face-to-face, the OUTLINES or POWERPOINTS would be the material I'd be projecting on a screen in the front of the classroom. There is no need for your to download these.




Module 1: Introduction to Psychology
Mon  Aug 25
 Class 01  Introduction to PSY 101 •  NOTES FOR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS
Wed  Aug 27
 		Class 02  Psychology in General (The Evolution of Psychology) • NOTES  [OUTLINE]
Fri, Aug 29
Class 03  Psychology in General II (The Evolution of Psychology)  (complete)

Module 2: How Do We Normally Develop Over Our Lifetime?
Mon Sep 01
Class 04  Human Development I: Progress Before Birth.... •  NOTES [Outline]
Wed Sep 03
 Class 05  Human Development Ii: Personality & Cognitive Development in Childhood • NOTES [Outline]
Fri Sep 05
 		Class 06  Human Development III: Adolescence, Adulthood •  NOTES [Outline]
Mon Sep 08
 		Class 07  Human Development IV: Complete materials on development
  • 10 point quiz on materials we actually covered during the first six classes (Classes 01 to 06)

Module 3: Human Memory
Wed Sep 10 Class 08: Human Memory I:  Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval • NOTES [Outline]
Fri Sep 12
 		Class 09: Human Memory II: Forgetting & The Physiology of Memory (Patient H.M.) •  NOTES [Outline]
Mon Sep 15
 		(Cancelled: Instructor illness)
Wed Sep 17
 		(Cancelled: Instructor illness)
Fri Sep 19 Class 10: Human Memory III: The Physiology of Memory II & Systems/Types of Memory • NOTES [Outline]
Mon Sep 22
 Class 11: Test #1 on Modules 1, 2, & 3 (Classes 01 to 10)

Module 4: How Do We Learn to Cope with the World?
Wed Sep 24
 		Class 12: Learning I: Classical Conditioning: Recognizing Contrast Effects: Manipulating Emotions
Fri Sep 26
 		Class 13: Learning II: Operant Conditioning & Changing Directions in the Study of Conditioning
Mon Sep 29
 		Class 14: Learning III: Observational Learning; Reflecting on Chapter Themes • Notes [Outline]

Module 5: What are the Biological Bases of Our Behavior
Wed Oct 01
 Class15: Biological Bases of Behavior I: Communication in the Nervous System • Notes [Outline]
Fri Oct 03 Class 16: Biological Bases of Behavior II:  Organization of the NS; Brain & Behavior; Right Brain/Left Brain: Cerebral Specialization • Notes [Outline]
Mon Oct 06
 Class 17: Biological Bases of Behavior III: Heredity & Behavior: Is it all in the genes?; Evolutionary Bases of Behavior • Notes [Outline]

Module 6: How Does Psychology Know What It Knows? The Methods of Research
Wed Oct 08 Class 18: Research in Psychology I: Looking for Laws: The Scientific Approach to Behavior; Looking for Causes: Experimental Research • Notes [Outline]
Fri Oct 10
 Class 19: Research in Psychology II: Looking for Links: Descriptive/Correlational Research, Looking for Flaws: Evaluating Research, Ethics • Notes [Outline]
Mon Oct 13
 Fall Break • No Class
Wed Oct 15 Class 20: Test #2 on Modules 4-5-6 (Classes 12 to 19)

Module 7: Our Feelings, Desires, Drives, & Goals: Motivation & Emotion
Fri Oct 17 Class 21: Motivation & Emotion I: Motivational Theories & Concepts; The Motivation of Hunger & Eating • NOTES [Outlne]
Mon Oct 20 Class 22: Motivation & Emotion II: Sex Motivation & Behavior  • NOTES [Outline]
Wed Oct 22 Class 23: Motivation & Emotion III: The Elements of Emotional Experience; Theories of Emotion  • NOTES [Outline]
Fri Oct 24 Class 24: Motivation & Emotion IV: Theories of Emotion; Happiness (cont'd)

Module 8: Why Are We The Way We Are? Personality & Intelligence
Mon, Oct 27
 Class 25: Personality I: The Nature of Personality; Psychodynamic Perspectives (Freud, etc.) • NOTES [Outline]
-> Quiz #3 Today on Module 7
Wed, Oct 29 Class 26: Personality II: Humanistic & Other Selected Approaches to Personality • NOTES [Outline]
Fri, Oct 31 Class 27: Personality III: Narcissism • NOTES [Outline]
Mon, Nov 03
 Class 28: Personality IV: Intelligence: Measuring IQ, Heredity & Environmental Factors • NOTES [Outline]
Wed, Nov 05
 Class 29: Intelligence (complete)

Module 9: How Do We Behave Around Other People? Social Psychology
Fri, Nov 07
 Class 30: Social Behavior I: Person Perception (Forming Impressions of Others); Attribution Processes (Explaining Behavior) • NOTES [Outline]
Mon, Nov 10
 Class 31: Test #3 on Modules 7 and 8 (Classes 21 to 29)
Wed, Nov 12
 Class 32: Social Behavior II: Interpersonal Attraction (Liking & Loving): Attitudes (Making Social Judgments)