[PSYC W1480] Experimental Psychology: Perception and Attention

This class is probably the worst I have taken at Columbia. The lectures were long and dry (even the TAs fell asleep) and the tests were impossible! While the textbook may be the best one on the subject, it is difficult to read because it VERY long and because of the author's pretentious verbosity. The amount of material covered on the tests were unreasonable and listening to Professor Cooper's raspy voice over the body mic she repeatedly dropped was excruciatingly painful. Although she may be a brilliant researcher, Lynn Cooper has no place teaching a class.

Professor Cooper is the perfect example of the great researcher who comes to Columbia for research but gets stuck doing teaching. She is the worst teacher I have ever had in my life. She was never prepared for the class. She would try to use power point or the projector sometimes and they never ever worked! Cooper has a horrible and condescending attitude and doesnt even pretend to care about the students. I dont know what I would have done if I didnt have such a great TA for this class. The lab portion was fine...nothing too interesting.

Hilton is new at teaching, and lacks confidence in front of a class. THe subject matter isn't the most interesting, as well... In general, he's an easy grader, but still is relatively strict on what he wants.