PSYC W2640

Not too much. Just review the lecture slides and do some supplementary reading which are selected.

Short response papers, presentation and a short final paper.

one midterm paper (not sure, 10 pages? maybe less) and one final paper (15-20). She's really receptive of whatever you write, gives a lot of positive feedback, and is an easy grader.

She is the worst Professor I have experienced in my college life. She mumbles all the time which make students irritated. Her explanation with the terms and experiment design is very vague and unclear which makes students hard to fully grasp the material. She even often gets wrong while explaining some experiment design and explains it again. I know humans are predisposed to mistakes, but it is very annoying when it comes to hearing mumbling lecture and note taking. Although she is very caring and kind, I don't think she has good teaching skills.Opinions might differ, but this is what I and my friends felt.

Terrific professor! Take this class if youcan! She is very positive, caring and enthusiastic. It is very clear that she loves to teach, she cares about her students and she wants everyone to do well. The class itself is extremely interesting and the readings are great!

great class, seemed somewhat redundant at times but really eye-opening, especially if you're a psychology major. The readings were interesting, she used a psychological and anthropological approach which you never really get from other, more traditional psych classes. She always tries to make herself available to the students too. No matter what you say in class, she listens and uses your comments to build upon.

3 Midterms consisting of 33 multiple choice questions each (you drop the lowest grade), 1 short answer final where she gives you the questions in advance, thereby making the final laughably easy and an exercise in pointlessness.

The course material is fascinating. Regardless of your field, the stuff you learn in this class will stick with you. Sparrow is a decent lecturer, but only because what she's talking about is compelling. The grading system is just plain silly (but fairly easy, if you actually study). This is the first class I've ever taking where I wished the professor actually tried to push more by having actual assignments/tests that weren't all dumb multiple choice.

3 all multiple-choice midterms (33 questions each; lowest grade of 3 is dropped; remaining 2 worth 30% each; each M-C question is worth too much -- 3 pts.); final made up of 4 essay questions provided in advance (worth 40%)

Prof. Sparrow is not the most gifted lecturer. She often mumbles, making it very difficult to understand what she is saying, and her occasional cursing and mainstream political comments are distracting and offensive. She also panders to the students, in a very transparent effort for approval. Her midterms do not adequately test your knowledge of the material; rather, they indicate how well you can choose the correct answer from the somewhat tricky multiple-choice questions. In lieu of a textbook, she assigns approximately four articles per week. These are mostly research articles from psychology journals and are quite difficult to get through, but completely unnecessary for success in the course. They may, indeed, deepen understanding of the course material, but as previously mentioned, the midterms do not exactly test that knowledge. If you want to see what you did wrong on any of the exams, you have to schedule an appointment to see her or one of the TAs, as no in-class opportunities are provided to review your performance. That said, the topic is truly fascinating and, although much of it is common sense because of its everyday relevance, you will learn about the mechanisms and theories behind why human beings behave the way we do. You will also become aware of the myriad studies which have been conducted in this exciting field of psychology. Prof. Sparrow's lecture slides…