Professor Mazurek lectures straight from the book and doesn't get to about 75% of it. He keeps people there through iClicker questions. He's seems like a fun guy but his class style isn't great. Exams are alright but as an off-grounds student, hauling myself to Gilmer twice a week to do Clicker questions was terrible.

I loved the Intro to Psych class with Professor Mazurek. At first, I thought it was going to be a boring class but as the year began to pick up, this easily became my favorite class to attend. You can really tell that Professor Mazurek loves to teach psychology and is very passionate about making sure all of his students do well. I had heard coming in to psychology that intro was the hardest class. However, Mazurek makes it very easy, and as long as you read the textbook you will do fine. The exams are straight from the readings and lectures. Additionally, he drops the lowest exam score and also gives a few extra credit points. It is very easy to do well in this class as long as you keep up with the work. I would definitely recommend.

Do not take this class unless you have to. The tests are WAY too hard for an intro psych class. I took this class because I thought a psych class could be interesting but this class is going to bring my GPA down. Overall the tests are just too specific even for someone who studied heavily. I would not recommend this class especially If you are looking for a good grade.

The most enthusiastic professor I've had so far at UVA. His love for psychology is infectious and his dad jokes / colorful language are very endearing. He's relatively new to UVA (after having taught in Missouri for over a decade) so he doesn't have the feel of a cynical tenured professor at all. Very talkative and friendly, and really helpful during office hours too. The textbook is surprisingly interesting and thorough - I'm glad we used this one instead of the one the other 1010 professors use. My only complaint is that he takes TOO many questions at the start of every class, which delays the lesson by 15 minutes almost every time. You will need to read the book and take good notes / make flashcards to do well on the tests - they are fair, but not particularly easy (especially not the first test, which covers mostly biology). I'm so glad I waited until the spring to take this course with Mazurek. Wish I had also taken him for Social Psych. After this class I feel very prepared to go on and take Neural Basis, Abnormal, or any other psychology course here. If you have the chance to take a class with this man, do it! You won't regret it.

I love intro PSYC with professor Mazurek. Although his lectures are literally straight from the book, he makes them very interesting and fun to follow. The only issue I have with him is that he never makes it through all the material he actually needs to get through in lecture and flat out tells us to study the book. It could be a lot worse though. I would recommend using this youtube channel to help you study: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyE1HK1j71Y9ZpsOYfizDw
This guy's lectures match up exactly with the textbook and he explains it in such a concise, simple way to where everything makes sense. Use this video as you read your textbook.