PSYCH 10
Introductory Psychology
Description: Lecture, four hours. General introduction including topics in cognitive, experimental, personality, developmental, social, and clinical psychology; six hours of psychological research and a grade of C or better required of all departmental premajors. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Professor Schlinger is a real cool cat. He's knowledgable and a free thinker. His abilities are clearly somewhat impeded by the nature of big lectures at research universities; you get the feeling that you could learn a hell of a lot from him in a more intimate class environment. Nonetheless, he has fire in lectures; I am of the opinion that he tends more to indoctrinate than to try to be 'objective', but as long as you know that, you'll be okay. Jeez, that's what it means to be a college student, discriminating between points of view. What a ridiculous statement for me to make. It's not as easy an A as some might say. I read each chapter a couple times in order to ensure that I would succeed on each quiz. You can get an A in his class, sure. But for goodness' sake, that is not the point. I think what Schlinger's done is take the focus away from students' neurotic obsession with grades and hopefully direct it towards learning. I learned a LOT in his class. Bottom line: cool guy, thought-provoking lectures, NOT an A dropped into your lap, but that's not the point of education anyway.
Professor Schlinger is a real cool cat. He's knowledgable and a free thinker. His abilities are clearly somewhat impeded by the nature of big lectures at research universities; you get the feeling that you could learn a hell of a lot from him in a more intimate class environment. Nonetheless, he has fire in lectures; I am of the opinion that he tends more to indoctrinate than to try to be 'objective', but as long as you know that, you'll be okay. Jeez, that's what it means to be a college student, discriminating between points of view. What a ridiculous statement for me to make. It's not as easy an A as some might say. I read each chapter a couple times in order to ensure that I would succeed on each quiz. You can get an A in his class, sure. But for goodness' sake, that is not the point. I think what Schlinger's done is take the focus away from students' neurotic obsession with grades and hopefully direct it towards learning. I learned a LOT in his class. Bottom line: cool guy, thought-provoking lectures, NOT an A dropped into your lap, but that's not the point of education anyway.
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I completely disagree with the other comments below. Prof. Smurda made the class very entertaining and this was by far my favorite class. She was also the best professor that I have ever had. She was intelligent, very concerned about students' learning, and had a great energy about her. Her exams were also very fair. I would highly recommend that you take a course from her if you get the chance.
I completely disagree with the other comments below. Prof. Smurda made the class very entertaining and this was by far my favorite class. She was also the best professor that I have ever had. She was intelligent, very concerned about students' learning, and had a great energy about her. Her exams were also very fair. I would highly recommend that you take a course from her if you get the chance.
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