PSYC 1010

Class is super interesting and Chad is awesome! The tests can be tricky because material is super broad, but the questions are specific.

CHAD IS AMAZING! He knows so much about psych, and his lectures are very engaging! I really look forward to going to this class.

This class is an easy A if you just study for the tests. As long as you take good notes during the lectures and study the slides, you're fine. Plus he drops your lowest exam grade!

I personally loved Chad Dodson! He is a very engaging lecture and is easy to follow. He also posts all of his powerpoints online, and most of the questions on the test come from what we talked about in class and not obscure details from the book which I appreciate. Overall, take this class if you want a interesting class, low work-load, and not to hard tests.

Chad Dodson is my favorite teacher ive had so far. He makes the class interesting and he teaches the material in a really helpful way. Definitely recommend this class.

Chad is the best! You don't really have to do any reading, just studying before the tests from the slides. Tests are all 40 multiple choice questions, can be a little difficult but easy to do well if you study.

I felt that I understood all of the material in this course yet did not do well. I studied for hours upon hours for each of the exams and did average. Would not recommend unless you enjoy being frustrated. And I don't think the grade distribution shown is correct. Questions are worded very poorly and confuse your understanding of the concept.

Would NOT take this course again. For an intro class, the test questions are written incredibly difficultly. I had an A- before the final exam, and now I have a B. He literally teaches the surface level of the material and on the test expects complete application. This is literally an INTRODUCTORY course which he has seem to have forgotten. Would NOT recommend taking this class- you will completely regret it as I have- this was literally the worst decision I made this semester. He should not be teaching this course.

Some test questions are designed to trick you, just like in any other introductory course. Prof. Dodson is a cool, approachable guy who passionately lectures about the course material, but the tests can be frustrating. The only reason I succeeded was because I went to office hours a lot to fill in the gaps. Don't buy the textbook as his slides are sufficient. Overall, definitely recommend the course for a taste of psychology, not for a GPA boost

DON'T BUY THE BOOK! Study his powerpoint slides for the exam!! I didnt buy the book and no one really buys it. For the exam i studied his lecture power points and also take notes on the videos he shows in class, he puts like a question or 2 on the exam about them!

Prof. Dodson is an amazing lecturer and is always well-dressed. You can tell he is very passionate about teaching and he makes lectures very interactive. Almost every class, he would demonstrate a concept by using volunteers from the class or having us experience the phenomenon ourselves. Chad does speak fairly quickly as there is a lot of content to cover, but he posts the slides before class so I always printed them out. The textbook is by no means necessary to succeed in the class, but I found it helpful for reviewing for the exams. I would only read over concepts that overlapped with lecture and found that I was almost over prepared for exams. There are definitely questions on the exam that require you to build and combine multiple concepts, but these are manageable if you focus on understanding concepts versus memorizing them. Attendance is not required for this class, but there are usually two or three questions on the exam about case studies/videos that we covered in class that are not available in the slides. Also, Dodson will always answer your questions in OHs or in class and is very responsive to emails. Intro psych is definitely not an easy course, but you can get an A if you are willing to put in the work. I spent an avg of 6 hours studying for each exam, attended every lecture, and ended with a 95%. I highly recommend this course if you are even remotely interested in psychology. It will introduce you to content you will need for higher level psych courses, and it's overall just a great class.