Eric is such a smart and great guy, but his classes are very disorganized and his slides usually just have a a couple of words on them so it's hard to get much out from them by just looking and writing them down(at least for me). He does record all of his lectures so if you miss one, you can listen to it. I'm not gonna lie, this class is boring if you're not super into science and psych. He is pretty vague about what will be on each "quiz" (he calls them quizzes but there are only four the whole semester so I would look at them more like tests). He does let you drop your lowest of the 3 though which is really helpful. With that being said, the quizzes are very challenging. One of them he had to add 10 points to everyone's grade because it was so bad. Reading can be long, but definitely read them because they prepare you for the next class and, more importantly, there are questions on the exam about the reading. I would HIGHLY recommend going to office hours just because class can be confusing. He does curve when he feels like he should witch is nice. The final is just as hard if not harder than the usual tests. Remember that this is just one student's opinion. I took it as a first year looking to major in psych but definitely should have held off 3000 level classes until second year, so if you are older you may do much better.

Great class and great professor. Turkheimer is an awesome, laid-back and cool guy. Very passionate about the subject and clearly super knowledgable. He is well known in the field and it shows. By far one of the most enjoyable classes I have taken thus far at UVa, I learned a ton about a useful and interesting subject. Relatively light reading that he won't grill you on, rather I thought he incorporated it into class/tests just the right amount. Class structure is solid and he is very reasonable with grading/curves. If you go to lecture (you should they're interesting and he's hilarious) and ultimately do the readings, you should do well in the class. Highly recommend.