Professor Willingham is hilarious and uses clickers, which helped me to engage and pay attention to his interesting lectures (which were organized and clear)! The tests could be a little difficult, but shouldn't be too bad if you do the readings, pay attention in class, and maybe attend a few review sessions. Definitely recommend!

Professor Willingham is a GREAT teacher! This class is one of the most enjoyable that I have taken at UVA so far. He always makes lectures interesting and upbeat, incorporating lots of good examples. He is very good at explaining concepts. The class itself isn't too hard, and it becomes much much easier if you do all the reading (even if you don't do the reading as it comes, just get it all done before the exam). One of the other things that I love about this class is that there are optional review sessions each week that you can go to to get questions clarified. This is a great resource because if you go to them, you will be wonderfully prepared for the exams! I definitely would recommend this class to anyone.

Awesome professor. Very interested in what he is teaching and actually makes a lecture based class fun to be in. The material is really interesting and applicable to life. Tests are hard but very fair- do the reading, take good notes, and take good notes in class and you'll be fine! Don't take this class unless you take it with Willingham

As someone who has never taken a psychology class, I found this class rather interesting. The lectures are never boring; Prof. Willingham is good at keeping students engaged (and sometimes entertained by his comments). Even though the tests can be difficult, I still feel like I'm learning. He is also very good about answering questions, so don't be afraid to speak up!

This class wasn't bad. As a non-pysc major, the material wasn't very interesting, but Prof. Willingham is a very interesting lecturer. His style isn't very straight-forward, but he incorporates media into his lectures to better explain his points. The only grades are from 2 midterms (you take 3, but one is dropped) and the final. His tests are tricky, and even if you think you know the material there are a lot of trick questions and answers. This is not an easy A class by far, despite the lack of homework.

The subject itself is interesting, and the Willingham provides very fun scenarios and examples replete with websites, videos, and diagrams on his lecture slides to demonstrate psychology concepts. His tests aren't terrible but there are only 3 midterms and one final. You can drop your lowest midterm. I always thought that tests were really easy while taking them but my grades were only average. But still, it's a fairly interesting class that doesn't have a huge workload.

I took this class my first year (Spring 2009), and it is one of the best courses I have taken in the psychology department. Willingham is hilarious and engaging, even in a class of 250+ students, and the material is really interesting. However, this is NOT an easy class. You need to read the book closely, no skimming. You have to be at lecture, because while Willingham posts slides to Collab, most of them will not make sense without context from class. His tests are possibly the hardest I've had in my four years; they're multiple choice but require a very detailed, thorough understanding of the material. If you're willing to put in the work, this class is incredibly rewarding.

For some reason, I would say that this class is really hard even though I got an A+ in it. Dan Willingham is a really funny and nice professor and is really interesting. The class itself is slightly complicated and unintuitive but definitely worth it and is very informative. I feel like I learned a lot taking the class and I feel like Prof. Willingham made the material fun and understandable. The tests are challenging, but all Psych tests are pretty much. The average was frequently in the 60s or 70s...but he curves it so it's fine. I would recommend this class for its content. I think it is one of the more interesting 2000 level classes in the Psych dept.

Professor Willingham is engaging and hilarious. If you pay attention in class and read the chapters, you will do well in his class. Not a gut class by any means, but doable. I highly recommend to those who are interested in the "why we do this, what is the reason for this" in terms of thought and cognition.

Willingham's the man. He makes lectures interesting with videos, examples, and short psych experiments for the whole class. You have to go to lecture to do well in the class though. Definitely worth taking.