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Crazy antics! =) Made material easy to understand with examples. Not so good when he sent his grad students in to teach (confusing!)... or when he cancelled class after we all showed up.

Awesome prof! Very cool! Friendly and enthusiastic. Good class format. However, group activities were boring and a waste of time!

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Very fun, very interesting. Would love to take another class with him.

Totally hot, fun teacher. Made material fun with cool examples and funny antics. Would totaly take another class.

yo, this guy is funny. when he can't explain the material, he will say "if i can't explain this to u, the change of it on the exam is low". Well, he is kind of lazy, classes usually end early(hey i like it. and i think his exam is fair.

he is funny, enjoy attending his class, easy exam

Dr. Sturdy's a funny guy; he looks way younger than he actually is though, and he's usually late to class, but he knows his stuff. His lectures are hard if you don't go to class or read your book. You'll get an A if you do the work. Better than 281.

Stury rules. People might slag him for talking about Edo during class, and because Psych381's material is boring, but dude will totally help you out if you need it. Dude is my favorite prof.

Loves the sound of his own voice... never seems to stop talking, but a funny guy who keeps ppl from boring to death. Use a lot of everyday examples, such as food, to explain concepts. Fairly straight-forward exams.

Will actually talk to his students, uses wonderful examples and knows how to gauge his students attention level. If he is getting signals that his students are dying... like on the last day of classes he will let you go early. Awesome!

Course material is boring but Sturdy helps you through the classes by making them somewhat interesting. I think he tries to cover up the fact that he's a big nerd by being a goofball all the time (Sorry Chris!) With that said, he knows his stuff and will usually answer questions without any problems

First, way better than snyder and 281 (sorry snyds this guy takes the cake) Sturdy knows wats goin on with his material, he knows everything as if its second nature...other profs dance aroud issues while sturdy addresses them..will help you out if you go to him, hes extremely helpful if you just ask

Great, great prof. It's been said before that the material is dry, but Sturdy makes it way more interesting. He approaches lectures with a great sense of humour, and he's really helpful if ever you have any questions. Even though he knows his stuff, he'll admit if he doesn't have an answer..no ****ting allowed! Entertaining at the very least!

Easily one of the best psych profs ive ever had. His exams are fair, you have to know your stuff. Very clear proff, makes class entertianing, easy assignments.

Awesome prof. The material is just as dry as 281 but it is just as easy. He is easy to understand and more than helpful. Great sense of humor and understands everything from a student perspective. He is also very good looking and makes cute jokes... but he is married :(

Funniest prof ever! He isn't very good at explaining concepts on the first try, but he's willing to spend a whole class explaining difficult concepts when we ask for help. Course is mostly boring, but his jokes make it worth it to go to class! It's like the only class I actually want to go to! I <3 Dr. Sturdy =D ps. assignments we very hard!

great

Really loves birds. Attendance is a must to understand all those graphs from random bird studies which always show up on exams. Straightforward with what we have to know and very kind when asked for help. His webboard comes in useful. Always prepared and tried to make class interesting. Slacking during lectures can be fatal.

The reason people don't his class is b/c they assume it'll be easy after taking 281, and its quite a bit diff, very helpful in office hours, willing to give and mark a written project(w/ 200 students), plus give 4 quizes and a midterm. If you're taking the class to learn something rather than get a good mark this guys really good.

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Will ask you questions about what specific researchers did (asks you to explain) so know the names of the researcher and what they did.Notes taken mostly from text. 3 of 4 quizes a small paper and 2 exams all go toward your mark. Very nice prof, helpful during office hours. Answered emails promptly. Has some difficulty with explanations. Good Class

Overall a great professor! Requires that you actually study throughout the term, not just the a couple of days prior to the exams. Fair tests and quizes, lectures are interesting, material is very relevant to the field of psychology and other psych classes. Would reccomend this course and professor highly!

Great guy, genuinely cares about the material and will absolutely explain concepts you're having trouble with if you take the time to ask him. Use the web board, go to class, and read the text book; you will definitely regret it if you don't do all three. The class takes work, but is really interesting and the exams are fair.

He makes me fall asleep in class, very dry material. He tries to be funny, but he isn't. Sometimes picks obscure things for the quizzes. Exams aren't too bad. Wouldn't take one of his classes again.

Overall good prof. Chris tries to keep his lectures interesting with YouTube videos & occasionally humourous jokes. If you do attend class, he hints at possible quiz material. Reading the textbook is suggested and exams are fair (but require more than just a couple days of cramming).

Sturdy is awesome. Quit whining about the quizzes. It made you keep up..and if you can't read a graph go back to using crayons dude. EASY marks. Fair tests. He's awesome. Wish he taught more classes. AND he brings his procters coffee! BONUS!

Sturdy is a great prof! IF you study enough you will find the tests easy. This past term he did not have quizzes. Just 3 tests. It was fantastic!

I think Chris Sturdy is such a great professor! His exams are difficult but the opportunity for marks are there if you study and he gives away what is going to be on the exam! Funny and cute personality, picks on people in a fun way. Engages you with the material using everyday examples. Great Class, makes me want to be a behaviourist!

Really good prof and tries to keep things interesting, one of the nicest profs, i don't know how anyone could say anything bad about him!!

Sturdy was helpful outside of class. Entertaining in class. Study Experiments and read the text book.

Dr. Sturdy was very nice and I found him to be very funny, makes a night class less awful. The exams were kind of difficult and I would really have liked to have an assignment or two to help my mark. He was good looking though which was a plus!

Ah the Birdman, what a character...tells a lot of cheesy jokes that he thinks are funny. It's adorable.

LOVED HIM! Really nice guy! Material was very interesting! Funny lectures! Read the text! Personally I don't think go and memorize everything just really understand the concepts....when you understand them you can pretty much say the results of the experiments....I would/hope to take another one of his classes.

This class was average. Sturdy wasted way too much time in class looking up stuff on Youtube, but the tests were easy if you put a little effort in. There was a lot of overlap with 281 at the beginning of the course but it got better. And his jokes were funny about half the time, better than Snyder at least.

Sturdy likes to beat it to Blue Rodeo!

I enjoyed his rambling! He had some of the most interesting analogies. His tests were harder, but if you knew your stuff and thought carefully, you were golden. I would really recommend Dr. Sturdy, as long as you are okay with actually enjoying class as a time to laugh and understand in unforgettable ways, like catapulting a piano.

Great prof! I really enjoyed his style of teaching and the way he explained concepts. I had him when he had written exams but I guess his students complained too much and now they're all MC.

He's a good dude and he makes the effort, but the lectures can get quite mundane and he does tend to ramble. But you should take his class if you have the opportunity because it's not too difficult. The females really seem to dig him.

After reading the reviews on Chris I was unsure about taking this class. However, I absolutely love him as a prof!! I am cureently in his class and enjoy going to his lectures. I find him to be very funny and intelligent and also very attractive!

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I don't know why Sturdy doesn't have higher ratings; the guy is good at teaching this course. He gives good examples, but sometimes uses too many bird studies. He's funny in a nerdy way. Exams are very straightforward and fair. It's not hard to do well if you work a little. recommend him!

He is a really good prof, turned a subject I didn't find the most interesting into a class I enjoyed going to.

Easiest Class I have ever taken. Get online book as half his MC is from the tutorial quiz there. Don't bother going to class at all. Attended 0 classes from first to second midterm. Read book 95 percent. Really easy

Ancestral Health Fall2011: Really interesting class, material very applicable to everyday life. Attendance mandatory, as you get marked on it. No midterm or final BUT 3 oral presenations (1 with a partner), and 1 term paper. Feels more like a health class than psychology, but that made it more fun! Prof is easy to talk to and really knows the info

I thought psych 381 was a good class. What is there to complain about? there's 2 midterms and 1 final. Exams consist of mc, short answers and 1 long essay question. Very straightforward and fair if you studied. Prof is an easy marker for long essay questions. But,I thought the TA was a strict marker. I would definitely take another class with him!

I definitely recommend this class. Professor Sturdy is clear about what will be tested and provides you with the exact format of his exams. The graphs in his notes may be unclear if you do not go to class, BUT he posts links to the papers that he takes them from on Moodle so you can figure them out from there.

Overall, a relatively interesting and easy class if you don't mind doing presentations. Dr. Sturdy did not really add anything to the course as it was mostly student-led.

Dr. Sturdy was a good prof. His explanations were a bit confusing at times but if you read over the notes and tried to understand yourself it was not difficult. The short answer part of the exam was really easy if you studied. I think the people with the negative comments definitely helped me get a better grade..