PSYC 1010

Smyth is dry, but its an easy and somewhat interesting introduction

Smyth is an engaging lecturer (lots of videos, experiments, and jokes). He makes it easy to do well in his class- he offers clicker questions for extra credit, question sessions before each exam, and drops your lowest test grade. Overall, I'd really recommend taking this class with him because he makes the large amount of info manageable so you actually end up learning.

It has a lot of reading, and the tests have a lot of small details; however, the class is fun, and he offers a lot of extra credit.

Intro psychology is hard. You buy the textbook, you read every single page of that textbook, then you get tested on it. Also, he throws in whatever he wants from his lectures. If you love psyc, than go for it! If you have a passing interest and don't want to work hard, don't take this class. You read a ton, probably more than most classes out there (intro level anyways). It is based on memorization of terms and ideas. Seriously, you read a lot. Take child psyc for an easy class.

The courseload itself pretty much consists of memorizing terms and concepts, but Smyth's a nice professor (albeit a dry lecturer). The workload's minimal and the material ranges from boring to interesting. There's a lot of material covered on the tests though, so make sure you prepare well and pay attention in both lecture and readings because he tests on materials covered in both.

This class is very straight-forward. Read 40(sometimes 80 but rare) per week and attend the lectures for extra credit. The tests are just pure memorization, but there are usually massive curves on them, which accounts for the big A+ distribution on the graph. The discipline of psychology is pretty interesting, and you get an easy grade for taking the class. I highly recommend it. Test curves + extra credit + psychology make for a good course.

Do not take this class unless you're a psyc major-- not an easy A! TOO much reading, and the material is really dry. It's also pretty science-y at parts, so if you're like me and wanted an easy, interesting class to fill in some of those gen-ed requirements, don't take this course.

The course covers a very broad range of topics and there are many concepts/definitions to memorize for exams. Readings are about 40 pages in length each week. That being said, Smyth makes the class fun, enjoyable, and very doable, even at 9:30AM. Exams have huge curves and there are clicker questions every class for extra credit points. Take notes and thoroughly read the text when it's assigned and the class shouldn't be an issue.

Not an easy A but very doable. Reading is very dense, you need to be able to handle a lot of information in this class. Biggest tip for this class is to use the section reviews and margin questions when studying.

Professor Smyth is superb. He is a wonderful lecture who blends information with humor seamlessly. There is a decent amount of reading, but not much of the material is actually difficult (except for memorizing terms), and though it isn't necessarily required, it helps tremendously if you want to do well on the tests, which can be pretty difficult. The multiple choice section is usually extremely easy, but the short answer portion is very tough as it requires you to remember very specific vocab. He does drop the lowest test grade and the tests are curved, however, so it isn't hard to do well in the class. Very highly recommended. Well worth the work you put into it.