One of the best professors I've had, very approachable as well! Lectures are engaging and easily digestible. Class is graded fairly with extra credit, just study for the exams as they are weighed pretty heavily. He recommends the textbook readings but if you understand the lecture content well then I think the readings are mostly just supplemental.

READ THE TEXTBOOK. Sprague is a great guy, but the lectures can be confusing.... the textbook helps so much and I highly recommend reading the chapters they really help understanding the info.

Prof. Sprague was an overall good professor, was clear on what you need to do to pass the course. 3 non-cumulative exams and 8 weekly quizzes. The exams weigh the most towards your grade and the questions and his wording can be confusing. If you study well you will be fine but you need to study the lectures and do the book readings!!

Sprague was honestly super awesome. The class overall is relatively easy to do good in, just take the quizzes seriously. Probably one of the biggest drags of the class is the amount of reading he assigns, sometimes up to 2 40 page chapters a week. I found cognition a bit tricky, but if it's something you find cool, this class will be a breeze.

Sprague is one of the best teachers at UCSB. His best qualities are how understanding, patient and down-to-earth he is. He lays out very reasonable and organized expectations on how to do well. Three non-cumulative exams and you get an entire cheat sheet front and back. 8 weekly online quizzes: two lowest scores dropped and extra credit offered

One of the best psych professors I have taken so far at UCSB. Grading was 3 tests that varied in weight depending on your score and small quizzes due weekly.

Love love love Professor Sprague. He is so nice, and does everything possible to make the lectures engaging. Take a class with him if you have the chance!

I am just not into professors who make their students "look" for the answers vs. his wife Dr. Scudder, who gives you all the info in lectures to pass her tests. Dr. Sprague gives 40% of the info in lecture then you have to do LONG textbook readings to get the rest. Then on top of that, gives challenging test questions.... Not great in my opinion.

Where do I even start with this silly man. Really fun and interesting lectures. Make sure to read/take notes on the textbook, especially stuff he didn't cover. Some exam questions were a bit difficult, but overall they were fair. Quick responses to any questions. Sprague is the goat.

Sprague is a young professor and is super nice and understanding to students! A lot of flexibility was built into the course for people with extenuating circumstances. His lectures were engaging and had a lot of audience participation and little games to help learning.

And I cannot express this enough: INCREDIBLE professor. I genuinely loved every lecture and prof was always willing to answer questions (will respond asap to emails too). He truly cares about the material and students; also admits when he doesn't know/isn't an expert on certain topics. Someone give this man a medal or something, 100% recommend

One of the best professors I've had at UCSB. Dr. Sprague has so much passion for cognitive psych and even though the material can be hard to conceptualize sometimes, he explains it very well. Weekly quizzes on lecture/readings, 2 midterms and a non-cumulative final.