2.8
Quality3.6
DifficultyN/A
Would Retake107
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Would Retake
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What Students Say
“This class is confusing and dry”
PSY100 - 2.0 rating“Didnt do well on his exams & I expressed my concerns”
PSY223 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Textbook Required
100%
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Predicted Grade
A+
Grade Distribution
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Declining
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100323
5.0
(1)CHF323
5.0
(1)CHILDPSYC
4.0
(1)PSY321
4.0
(1)PSY100
3.1
(74)Difficulty by Course
PSY323PS
5.0
PSYC101
5.0
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5.0
PSY
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4.0
Reviews (107)
Very easy course...but take his course anyway. It was pretty interesting.
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I...ahh...can't...ahh...stand this...class...
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HARD EXAMS
uh......does use uh...... a lot uh... but gets the point across..... somehow
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ABSOLUTELY HATED THIS CLASS
stutters a le le lot
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He speaks in a monotone voice, and is so boring, don't take this class with him
Great teacher! Clear with good stories to connect information.
Great class content and outline. Easily followed, but attendence is a must
he needs some help with his language aquisition
Great sense of humor! Class attendance a must...
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Super professor! I think he's a great teacher, and a great person!
exams are hard & tricky
Stutters a lot.....and likes the word "BANGO"
Don't do it!
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nice guy...didn't require attendance - i think he is harder as a psy 100 teacher
clear, tests are easy if you go to class (I barely touched the books)
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Stutters a lot but his tests are easy
sounds like the lady's Man .
Smart. Encouraging. Difficult.
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Not very personble, and quite boring
Oh come on, his intro PSY course was SOOO easy - buy and use the study guide.
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The class seems easy, most of his material IS easy, but no matter how hard I studied or did not study, I got straight 74's for all his tests. Kinda makes me wonder.
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Looks like a Lady's man & a **** mans man. Man! Guess his wife doesn't mind. His wife is not the other Professor Hayes and makes sure most her classes know that. LOL He's a****.
No matter how much you work your grade stays low if he doesn't personally like you. Had a friend once tell me that Donald Hayes told him he will not pass his class. Scary.
Would not recommend him to anyone with any dignity. Its hard to be judged by someone who need mental help.
Very simple material but goes out of his way to make questions tricky. All other PSYCH professors were nicer, fairer, and much much better teachers. What a jerk. Avoid him.
This person is sick and needs to be avoided at all costs until the campus fires him. Avoid this man.
Looks like he tried to make a pass at me a few times but I sure he knew I had a boyfriend. Then my grades that he gave me suddenly got lower and lower.
Doesn't care about other students. Makes no effort to help students do better on exams. I hope I never see him again. He can have a nice life.
Ok, so PSY 100 is supposed to be relatively easy, right? With Hayes, that's not true... He seems to try and make it a weeder course; if you're not a PSY major, he's out to get you... He has no personality and no drive to teach.
Guess I'm the oddball. He doesn't know me personally, I'm just finishing the class. The study guide is extremely helpful, and if you go to class and pay attention it seems relatively easy. So far all A's, do don't worry too much.
Tests are kind of difficult- study guide is helpful- he explains the material very well
this guy knows his stuff! He uses plenty of examples to get his point across too. He lets you know what is precisely on the tests and he gives you an answer key after, so you can see where you went wrong. Great guy.
a lot of people that will say not to take him but honestly I thought he was clear, concise, and genuinely cared about his students. Pretty good with names and doesnt ignore student questions and concerns. I'd take him again.
Very good teacher...very clear. The only reason you would have problems is if you don't pay attention or try at all...
ignore the comments that say this teacher is out to get you, thats not possible when the tests are machine graded, some people like to blame the teacher when they failed a test they didnt study for
SUCKED AT TEACHING! I could not stand to even sit in class to try to understand because it got me now where. He mummbled and went off on tanjants and always used the chalk board and we just very unclear with what he wanted out of the class
he tried to be interesting but i always wanted to fall asleep. I took gen psych 2 times with him and i dropped out the 2nd time and i'm taking it with another professor b/c i j/ didnt get it!
He is awful. I am a psych major, and if you want to get a good grade, take it with another professor. I understood everything, and studied my butt off for the tests. I still only got a D. My advice, he should stop teaching.
Covers information too fast.
Dude this guy is a jerk. Basically for our class, the class avg. was a 55. He failed 95 out of his 97 students. He didn't show up to many classes and would test us on things from his own life which was not in the text nor anywhere we could find.
Good professor. Ignore negative comments. Tells exactly what tests will cover and gives answer key. very good class. Lots of examples. Funny.
He does a very good job restating definitions and making an outline on the bored. If you go to class and pay attention (which is the point)then anyone can do just fine.
Not to be mean but his lisp or whatever his speech impediment is was too much for me. I couldn't understand a thing he said half the time and no matter how well rested I was I wanted to fall asleep during the lecture. He was really nice and caring though.
despite his lisp and his "um"'s... I thought he was a good teacher.. if you show up to class and read the book you should do fine in his class.. he was funny and pretty organized.. his tests were pretty hard but not extraoridarily hard.. he was
terrible professor.when my advisor found out that he was my pro. she rolled her eyes.I studied for hours and could never manage better than a D. first 10 test questions are from the book,but the rest come from information never discussed,or not in book.
Very nice, interesting and helpful. He is organized and lets you know exactly what you need to study. After a test, he returns it to you with the page numbers of the information. It's a little challenging but if you go to class and study, gold!
This guy sucks, loves the word UMMMMMM says it a million times per class. Tests barely cover the test book so you better go to class. I got an F and I usually get B/A's in all of my other classes.
He knows his stuff, but cant teach it. I'm a smart kid but his jargon confuses the hell out of me
Good teacher. sometimes hard to understand. Tests are half book half class
He sucks, straight up. Class is incredibly boring and the material is not covered the way it should be. He cannot teace effectivley because of the constant word ummmmmmmmm. quite annoying. i studied soo much, and still failed.
Class sucked...Hayes is very boring and you have to sit through his****ty lectures to pass the class...if you don't like going to classes, dont take him
Very good at saying and restating important info so you can take it down in notes. All test material is either A) DIRECTLY from the study guide B) very specifically from his lecture or C) part of the reading. So DO ALL THREE. You get used to the "umm"s, so get over it!
I think he's boring and not easy to understand. He doesn't teach enough of the material. Do the reading.. it prob still won't save you.
He is boring. Even if you get A's and B's in all your other classes, you will probabaly get a D in his. Read the book but it won't do much good. You might get a C. And what is up with those polo sweatshirts?
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this class wasn't so bad, he could have made psychology a lot more interesting though. extra credit options as well. i heart the stonewashed jeans and elastic waist sweatshirts.
Easy to pick up the material and clear teaching style- writing on the board following a general outline. One lecture class worth attending.
Hes a nice guy if you arent in his class. I never found him to be helpful with classes and he didnt come across as being understandable.
excellent, loved the class
I did not care for his teaching style or the class. Looks down on non-psychology majors and enjoys poking fun at those in the class who got a bad grade. Overall terrible professor. Some of his lectures were interesting but the book is a freak show in print-truly not an interesting experience.
Tough, but fair and helpful.
Yeah his class wasn't great, that's why I have to take it over.
Tests aren't easy, but if you pay attention in class you'll do fine. I learned a ton from this guy.
Hard to discribe how out there (in a very nasty kind of way) this guy is. Just avoid him and do yourself a favor.
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soo booorrriiingg
Can't remember the course number (was a year ago, just found the site) - Child Psychology. Said 'um' 'uh' or other variants 140 times in a 50 minute class period. Tested on names and dates, not relevant information covered in class.
u will probably end up getting D.
I thought he was a good teacher if you paid attention and did the reading.. his tests are pretty hard.. but I think he really tries to teach the class.. and hes friendly enough! :)
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I did not learn much more than I learned in high school. His tests were rather hard.
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UMMM...all I have to say is...UMMMM...
Gives really good lectures and puts an outline on the board at the beginning of class. Wicked nice guy. Kind of hard tests, but as long as you aren't a dumb ass you'll be fine.
I have no clue where he gets his test questions from ???
worst teacher in the world! class lectures very unstructured. taught material out of order and was very confusing. swtch out of class immediately if you have him!!
PSY 100 is not an interesting class to begin with but I think Hayes did the best he could with the material. He added his own stories and usually had an example to go along with what he was teaching. I found the tests difficult but if you pay attention and review the study guide (he takes questions directly from it) then you will do fine
Very interesting class. Hayes gives a lot of examples which are fun and useful. If you want more than C in this class go to lectures and TAKE NOTES. He does not lie when telling that 50% of the material in the tests is from notes.
unprofessional!
Not as much fun/interesting as Lafreniere, but still a decent class. The Child Study Center rocks, anyway! :-)
learned a lot in his class, but it was pretty challenging.....make sure you do the work and show up to class, or you will not do well!
Bauh !
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He is horrible, does not compel you to attend class, rambles, and doesn't teach very well at all
Once I got used to his teaching style, I really enjoyed this class. A lot of the test questions are straight from the practice quizzes in the Study Guide book. If you attend class, take notes, and do the practice quizzes, you should do really well!
This class is confusing and dry. Hayes rambles a lot, and tells very strange stories that are useless. No powerpoint, but he uses weird outlined scribbles on the chalkboard. Good thing is- the text book is useless. BUY THE STUDY GUIDE!
Waste of time!
Hands down the most interesting class I've ever taken. Tests are half lecture and half textbook derived so it takes a bit of reading. Hayes always has an interesting experiment to do or statistic to tell you. Highly recommended.
He is awful. His lessons were poorly planned & exams designed for failure. Didnt do well on his exams & I expressed my concerns. His response was defensive & he encouraged me to drop out of college. Following semester. Took the same class w/ another professor & got a 4.00. I went on to grad w/ a 3.89 GPA, & I currently hav a 4.00 GPA in grad sch.
Worst teacher I have had to date. I am an A/B student, but ended up getting a D in this class even though I attended every lecture. He has an extremely ineffective teaching style, and his tests are awful. Worst teacher ever.
Try a different professor, you'll be much more successful.
Class Info
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A+
Grade Distribution
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.43 avg changeRatings by Course
100323
5.0
(1)CHF323
5.0
(1)CHILDPSYC
4.0
(1)PSY321
4.0
(1)PSY100
3.1
(74)Difficulty by Course
PSY323PS
5.0
PSYC101
5.0
PSY223
5.0
PSY
4.1
PSY323
4.0