If you make sure to truly pay attention during lecture and go over your notes you'll do well. It is pretty helpful to read the book but its not too necessary. You can tell he really enjoy teaching us what he knows :)

Professor Schooler was great. He did his best to make boring topics fun and really encouraged class participation. That being said, if you don't come in excited or interested in yhe material, of may be boring. Tests are tough in the sense they ask for specifics you wouldn't normally memorize.. But would take again in a heartbeat!!

Honestly one of the best psych teachers I have had. Lectures are great, clear, and engaging !

Schooler covers wide range of interesting topics & is super approachable & helpin office hours. There's a short quiz a week before the midterm and a week before the final which helps you to learn the info in advance instead of cramming last minute. Tests aren't tricky if you go to class, learn the slides, & supplement w/ book material. Great class!

He has a fun and interesting way of presenting the material. His lectures are engaging. The class was well organized. The book was interesting. Quizzes and tests were not too tough. Always answered in class questions. Lecture slides are most clear if you attend class.

He is a great professor! Lectures can be a little dry and sometimes he seems a little scatter brained but I think it's just because he is so smart its hard for him to break it down sometimes. He is active in research in the field so hearing about his studies is really interesting! It's a hard topic, so it's a hard class. But, it's worth it.

Prof. Schooler is a good teacher, but the lectures can be a little boring. He seems to present a lot of examples and this sometimes make the lectures seem superficial. If you study hard (and follow the study guide provided by the TA) you can get a good grade.

He's is fantastic. He's clear and willing to help if you go to his office hours. HOWEVER do not be fooled. This is a really, really tough class. There's so much reading that you forget what your first name was by the time you're done with it, and since finals are cumulative (uuugggghhh), it makes you hate the class even if it's very interesting.

Professor Schooler's lectures are engaging and teach the material from the book in more a straightforward and engaging way. His lectures are amazing at presenting the concepts so you can easily understand them. He's really nice, friendly, and approachable too. He also asks if anyone has questions and answers them. Best Ucsb professer and fun class.

40/60 course. Final was cumulative and study guide was HUGE. Super difficult to know what to study. Gave the option to get one extra credit point for writing a final exam question and another extra point if he ended up using it. So pretty much you write the exam for him. Attendance not mandatory, interesting topics, but not very interesting class.

This was one of my favorite and most interesting upper div courses! Schooler is hilarious and his lectures are always so informational and engaging. Your grade is only based on exams so going to lecture and reading the book is important. He loves when students ask questions, and is overall a great professor!

Overall an average professor. He didn't show up to a single test we had this quarter, which I thought was kind of weird of him. Ended up going to about half of his lectures, didn't once read the textbook, and still ended up with an A-. Lectures are straightforward-- just memorize them and you'd be good. Tests not bad at all, very straightforward.

honestly the material was interesting and straight forward. the tests were very fair and he had study guides for the midterms and final! honestly very slay

This is the most life-changing class I have taken. The material is like nothing you have learned before. I learned how to meditate, focus/concentrate, self-compassion, and really a new perspective on life. I can't recommend it more. Prof Schooler is a great person. He spends a lot of time answering questions in class and after. He is availb in OH

Pretty tough class. Dr. Schooler is an incredible teacher and researcher, but the exams for this course are pretty tough. Two midterms, each worth 25%, and a final worth 50%. He curved the second midterm because the average was extremely low, which was awesome. Highly recommend the class but it can be pretty challenging.

Professor Schooler is one of the most amazing professors I've ever had. He's so smart and caring and makes class really enjoyable. Take his science of consciousness class it's literally life changing !!

There is one midterm and final. You have to read the textbook and know the lecture to do well. He is a pretty good lecturer and willing to help out as much as he can. It is a little difficult but if you do the readings and really understand the lectures, you'll do fine.

Prof. Schooler is brilliant. He has what seems like an encyclopedic knowledge of the field. Great class.

His lectures were very clear, easy to follow, and very well organized with great examples. I thought that this class was very interesting and engaging, and as long as you studied the textbook as well as your notes you should be fine. Since your grade is based on two tests, you really have to make an effort to keep up on the material on your own.

Not so great... slides do not help so much. If you're going to take Psych 1, make sure you take it with Fridlund instead!

Slides are unorganized and have little written on them, so you must take separate notes. Tests are tricky. Otherwise, he was a humorous and relatable professor.

I didn't think this class was difficult. Just go to lectures, type the slides/what he says, read & highlight the book and study. Tests were extremely fair. Just do what you have to do and you will get an A.

This is a class that would be best appreciated by psych majors. If not, he can be difficult to follow. He is obviously Very knowledgable, however, as teacher he is falls way short. His slides are absolutely useless and the class lacked structure. Humor does not compensate for being an awful teacher.

This class sucked the teacher was unorganized the lecture was boring and he was even 2 hours late with the final exam... in a nut shell this class made me want to vomit