[flos]

Firstly, if you are taking this class because it seems interesting and you don't want your average to go down, then don't take it.
This is a fun course, it teaches basics about the most important Mental Illnesses today. Dr. Day is a great professor. He posts lecture slides + voice recordings on-line, just in case you miss a class.
His course-ware is very handy. I recommend you buy it.
Dr. Day's tests are hard simply because you have to memorize as much as you can, and also, you HAVE to read the book, because there will be questions on it. What I find about the tests is that the right answers (MC only, there are no short answers), are very easy to pick if you have memorized the material, and if you don't over-think them.
Cheers

[robiet]

thanks for the review

[grevillj]

Make sure you read the book!!!! and dont miss guess lectures, caue those are easy marks you can get. When debating to take abnormal psych, remember that university isnt always about the mark you receive, but very much about the information you learn and its relevance in your life. If you are interested in abnormal psychology, I highly recommend taking it!

[megaqtips]

do the online quiz, they are really helpful

[camilla65]

Tips:
1.For sure do the practice questions over and over, until they become second nature, but beware some words may be changed on the actual midterms.
2.When reading the textbook focus on info that is not covered in class.

In general I found the material somewhat interesting, I didn't feel like the tests challenged my ability to really think about topics discussed in class rather my ability to regurgitate and memorize stats, theories and practice questions. I am probably one of the few students who prefer Dr.O to Dr.Day, but I enjoyed the guest lectures.

[habinsle]

The course notes that Dr. Day publishes are a great source...the questions that he asks on the tests can entirely be found in either those notes or the textbook. It's well worth your money, especially if detailed note taking isn't your forte.

[granda]

what is the course breakdown? Does it only consist of quizzes and midterms or are there assignments as well and how much are each of these worth?

[lt93]

Two midterms both worth 30% so you can't MSAF any of them! And the exam is worth 40%. This class was very interesting and it was great to be able to listen to the lectures online. The courseware is so worth it, he's been teaching this class for so long that he has everything he's going to say pretty much memorized and it's all written down in the courseware. I would bring it to class and add in little notes but mostly I would just highlight the things he said that were in the courseware so you don't have to take crazy notes!

The one thing I disliked about this course were the readings. The readings were brutally long, especially the first set and he would put around 7-8 questions on the midterm from the textbook and they could sometimes be very specific and after reading so much I didn't remember small details! Also the readings don't always go with the material in class.

Other then that it was a great class and Dr. Day is a great prof and always willing to answer questions, even during class time which got a bit annoying sometimes.

[jimimusic]

honestly, if you just memorize the answer bank on the sample quizes, you can get 75% in the course because the 25% is found in the textbook.

[jess1503]

thanks for the help!!

[alieb]

thanks for these reviews, they really helped

[OLIVIA.A]

LOL - thanks for the review

[mjin416]

thanks for the review!

[reka19]

since the final exam is cumulative? did he take exact questions from the previous two midterms?

[mbasuita]

The key to this class it to memorize the slides really well, especially the % incidence and other numbers. It's definitely not a bird course, but if you're good at memorizing then take it.