PSYC 1010

Bonvillian personally know a lot of the major names in the history of psychology- so be prepared for long winded stories about Mary Ainsworth and Koko the signing gorilla.

He knows a lot of the people in your textbook which is cool. PSYC 101 is your basic lecture class with a bunch of reading and 3 tests. The subject is not too difficult but you need to keep up with your reading.

easy class but does require reading from the Norton guide.Some facts in textbook are interesting if you care enough to look.

this class was pretty boring but bonvillian is a nice man

Don't take this class with Bonvillian. He's a really nice guy and he's enthusiastic about his subject, but his lectures are boring and not well organized, and he shows a heavy bias toward topics on which he has done research. Prepare to spend hours listening to lectures about child psychology and deafness after he spends 30 minutes out of the whole semester on social pyschology. Probably a course worth taking, but definitely not with Bonvillian.

The material iteslf is interesting but Bonvillian has boring lectures.

bonvillian is a bit absentminded and tells endless anecdotes and shows old videos, but nice guy, knows a lot about what he's tlaking about, cares a lot about psych and his students, eeeeeasy class.

I don't care how nice this guy is, he is a terrible lecturer and he ruins this class. Instead of focusing on pertinent information he rambles on about how many other famous psychologists he knows. Tests are unpredictable, often focusing heavily on material never mentioned in class. Prepare to read 80 pages of boring textbook and 20 pages of Norton reader a week if you want a good grade.

The only three grades are the two midterms and the final, but they're multiple choice and he posts five past exams for each test. Lectures can be very boring at times, but the subject and a lot of the reading is interesting.

Bonvillian is such a great guy. You can tell he loves what he does, and that he knows his stuff. His lectures weren't always the most interesting, and he tends to talk a lot about his research interests and other famous psychologists he knows, but the classes weren't dreadful. Make sure you read the book (well-written) and take the practice tests.