His exams are easy!

Giddy but all over the placex

nice personality although lectures are a bit tedious

Gerry is awesome, loves his field

Funny guy, creative too! Plays the guitar lol...Excellent to boost your GPA

funny

good teacher - fair tests - very funny

What a guy! Professor Goldberg enjoys teaching. He's very passionate about his work, and this passion rubs off on everyone else in the classroom. I definitely look forward to his classes every week.

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lecture could be a lot more interesting. He reads from the text and that bothers me. I don't even need to go!

Does a nice Woody Allen routine. The people who complain about him are the ones he threw out of the class for talking non-stop. Two thumbs up.

People, you come to university to pay attention, so stop complaining about how he can't stimulate learning and what not. I enjoyed his class, and his kicking people out of the class was always humorous!

good guy. Tries his best to entertain and teach. Not a very difficult course, tests are fair.

He's a nice guy and pretty interesting too though he does tend to ramble. Very approachabke though and he really curved the final exam up even though marjs were already pretty good ;)

Guys stop complaining about how bad this prof is! Professor Goldberg is a nice teacher, and you guys are in univerisity. Get a grip!!!

i enojyed psych thoroughly because he taught well, and was extremely approachable and helpful. the tests were not very difficult, although still challenging. in short, the tests were fair.

i did well in both of his courses. he taught both courses well and was very friendly in the process.

he was funny and approachable. he answered my emails very quickly. his tests were challenging but you can do well if you study for them. overall, he was a very good professor.

A nice guy, who is trying to be interesting and funny. His tests were fair, people who are complaining really havent ever had a bad prof.Take the course if u get him...not bad at all

Very nice guy, lectures are ALWAYS interesting. Knows his stuff.

People who did not get a good mark in this class did not brother using the textbook and the study guide. This prof is fair and people should not be in university if they cannot handle the readings for this class!

the majority of questions came from the textbook. you could manage at least a B by reading the textbook and never going to class. those. those who disagree not only did not come to class, but also didn't read the textbook.

Clear and inspiring lectures

I must admit that his lectures are quite boring and dull. He is a really nice guy and tries to be funny. He's a cute old man!! Just read the textbook and for sure you can manage a B+...take this course for an easy mark!

he is an extraordinarily nice and understanding professor. he stutters, but the lectures are still quite interesting. he was great.

good experience all round :) .. very sweet guy .. intro 1010 with him is easy to get at least a B+ while organizational psyc is a little harder but quite interesting!

He is a great lecturer, and very enthusiastic and passionate about his topic. He is also a nice and friendly man. But, for someone who teaches stress management, shouldn't they apply their principles and not give us 3 exams, a project and a presentation in one semester?? and the exams are hard...

i feel like i wasted a whole semister in this course. I didnt learn very much and going into the exam had about 10 pages of lecture notes. The assignment was very ill defined and the fact that we had 3 exams, one big assingment and a presentation in one semister is a little extreme. I wouldnt take a course from this prof again

For my time being in the course, he was a very friendly, qwerky, and jolly man who liked to speak. He tried to make sure he got his point across and I enjoyed lectures very much. It was a pleasure to have my 830 classes with him because he was always in a good mood, it was just the excessive work that made me drop the class.

Tremendous professor. Interesting material. Fair tests. Overall, an excellent class.

VERY intellignet and nice man..fair exams...

He's a really nice guy but you have to teach yourself EVERYTHING in the textbk. His lectures have nothing to do with the textbk and you are still expected to know them. Lectures tend to drag on b/c he talks so much but he really is a nice guy :) Just be prepared to teach yourself the textbk. M/C can be tricky but SA are ok.

He is a really good prof.! His tests are usually common sense based, but you still need to know your stuff. He makes lectures interesting and always has something cute to share with the class. (including a song he sings and plays on guitar)

Great prof! Very entertaining!!

really nice prof... he expects you to read the textbook on your own and generally doesn't cover text material, but he teaches the practical aspect of health psych. MAKE SURE YOU DO THE OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT; mine bumped me up from a B to an A.

This prof is the funniest teacher you will ever have! hes awesome! his lectures are worth going to, its not a regurgitation of textbook material. He goes out of his way to make it interesting.10/10 . I wish more profs were like this guy, university would be alot more fun

Gerry is a great prof. he is extremly caring, funny, sweet, and smart! his class is wonderful, world of knowledge and great lectures. he is a real professor that cares about you. he is compassionate and one of a kind. take a course with him and study and you will get an A. i got an A+, i read and it payed off. people who complain slackedoff.take it

Good person

Is very helpful and friendly

It was a wide variety of stuff learnt because the text book and lectures did not exactly match. His exams were difficult even though the material wasn't that difficult. But it was a great course I would highly recommend it with the teacher. He was interesting and added lots of things into the lecture (clips etc).+ he seemed like a really good guy.

Best prof ever. Makes dry material interesting. Learned alot from him and found myself interested in health psyc. Very fair, test and mc and short answer and an optional paper to boost your grade. loved this class.

Good prof, class not too hard. Doesn't focus too much on biology. Adds much to lecture slides and tests you on it too.

How can anybody can negative things about this prof? He's amazing! The class isn't a bird course but he makes it so interesting. Even though there's a lot of reading in the course, he has definately taken place as one of my top profs at York.

His lectures usually run the full 3 hours but they are quite interesting. The tests seemed to me to be pretty difficult, but he curves them. Take really good lecture notes and study them a lot because there will be test questions. Also, do the optional paper if you can, if you follow the instructions you'll get the 5% bonus to your final grade.

The lecture material is boring but the professor is quite amusing. I found the readings had nothing to do with the lectures and the exams were hard. A lot of people did bad. Most of the text material wasn't even on the exam. I had to drop the class cuz of the strike though but it's a good class overall. I just wish the exams were a bit easier.

Very interesting course and good prof! Lecture slides include information not in the textbook and a majority of his questions on the tests are from his slides. Review his slides very well. Textbook chapters are pretty easy to read and learn. Try to do the optional paper because it really helps your mark.

Prof makes the class very interesting. Slides posted online are very basic so must attend class to take notes. His tests are ok, just read the text well and study your notes

GREAT PROFF!!!!

I really enjoyed this class. Prof is really interesting and has slides that keep everything organized. I found his tests to be difficult but not lengthy (mc and one short essay question) The one thing I really didn't like was that he didn't follow the text book and you were required to know it so it was like two separate coureses!

The prof has an great teaching style. Maybe it's because I do love health psychology and was interested in his class. What I hated though is that I would be marked unfairly by the TA on the short answers(got a 3/10 on the final) even though I Aced all my tests. Got a B+ but deserved an A. Prof didn't care about unfair marking I experienced though =

nice guy but lectures were boring. his lectures barely covered anything from the textbook and very few points made in lecture were on the exams. exams were a bit difficult, to get a good mark in this class you really have to know and understand each chapter.

Didn't mind him, his tests are pretty annoyingly written and a lot of MC questions are strange and unexpected lecture info so you have to attend and pay attention. Sometimes he tests on a really specific thing which is especially frustrating. He seems like overall a very decent guy, but I wouldnt want to take his oddly written tests again lol.

He is a really nice guy, but i have to admit, the class can be boring. some stuff from lectures does appear on tests, but as long as you pay attention you will do fine. his tests are not hard, they are actually REALLY fair. you would have to be pretty lazy to do bad in his class. an A or B is almost guaranteed.

Horrible class. Lectures were pointless, he would barely talk about the actual topics, going off on tangents way too often. I felt like I learned nothing. Too much material on exams, hard to do well when you have so much to wade through, and having a lecture after the exam is so stupid. Wishing I hadn't taken this class. Nice prof, not nice class.

Prof has some great applied stuff that makes the course a real learning experience

Lectures are interesting, but he hardly tests on them. The tests are VERY confusing. I left each exam not knowing what he tested me on. The material is not what you would expect for the course. Not recommended.

I liked him. Very helpful. If you want to get a good great make sure u attend lectures and watch videos carefully--a lot of questions. Always open to answer any questions.

Also had him for the seminar health psych class and thought it was great. Great prof and very open to discussion. If you`re good at presentations and papers, this is your class!

Absolutely awesome prof! Makes psychology fun and entertaining! He makes the concepts very clear and easy to understand so that if you do your readings and attend lecture, you are guaranteed an A!

Nice guy, but terribly boring lecturer. The lectures are very long and directly extract from the textbook, except for the occasional video he might show. The exams are very difficult. There is an incredible amount of info needed to be covered for each exam, and his questions deliberately try to trick you and create ambiguity. Not recommended.

Gerald Goldberg, is a friendly, animated guy who does his very best to make lectures full of dry material interesting. He prefers to treat his students like adults, and he is not there to pamper you. Put in a poor effort, and it will show. Put in a good one, and you will be rewarded. The course is very intensive, but there are a few fun surprises.

Very thoughtful lectures, make me want to go on in psychology

Great course. Lectures got me to want to continue in psychology.

LOVE this prof! His lectures are way too long but he provides fun videos and fun jokes! The textbook is way too big with too much info and the exams can be sometimes be difficult but make sure you do the urpp credits because those few credits helped me go from a final grade of B+ to an A in the end.

Very friendly guy but rambles SO MUCH in lectures. I couldnt stand him after an hour of his class. 4 Tests that are 70% text book and 30% lectures. He bases his questions on examples used in class. I couldnt stand his lectures so i memorized the text religiously. Dont recommend him, youll fall asleep in class.

Dr. Goldberg is a nice guy with an okay sense of humor. He really tries to make his lectures as interesting as possible, but can ramble on about God-knows-what for extended periods of time. Also sit up close because he can be difficult to hear. Luckily intro is a very easy course.

Hes a nice guy with a better outlook on psych 1010. Second time taking the course and i could actually stay awake in his classes. Psych 1010 is boring but he engages the class and has easy tests. Just remember to read the textbook.

His a great and easy Prof

A very good professor, but he can ramble on. Be sure to sit near the front if you expect to hear his lecture. Most of his test info is straight from the textbook. If you read the textbook and review lectures slides you won't have any problem attaining an A.

Prof. Goldberg is a fairly good professor. I enjoyed his lectures and the way he explained the material. Be prepared to do a lot of reading because the tests are basically from what you've read as well as the lecture. They aren't easy either so you have to really take the time to study for this course in order to at least get a passing grade.

Good lectures, the course material is pretty interesting too. Tests are fair. Attend class, read the textbook, you'll do well.

The course was made interesting by Dr. Goldberg. It was accelerated so there was a significant amount of reading which means doing about 2 chapters per week. Good examples and anecdotes were used to convey complex concepts. Tests were tricky, but if you attend class regularly and know the material, it's not so bad.

He's so cute and funny and loves Psychology very much. You can tell he is very passionate and loves teaching this class. I'm not a psychology major (arts program student) but i had an easy time in his course. Just read the textbook lol

Great prof! he is so interesting and his lectures are actually worth going to! MCQ is straight from the book and half the questions are things he talks about in class! Hes hilarious as well!

He was great; very funny and engaging. A little rude at times over email, but his TAs handled matters professionally. For the tests, just read the textbook and pay attention in lecture. He makes some Qs from lecture. Also, make sure you do the extra credit research paper! It made my final avg go from a B to an A. Don't be lazy with the paper!

Has a great grasp of material and is very funny.

He makes psychology very relevant to real life. As a result of this course, I will switch to psychology.

Really enjoyed the lectures

He is really funny unless you are annoyed by dad jokes. Always adds memes to his lectures. His tests include things he says in his lectures and videos he plays so you have to attend

He is a very nice professor who loves what he teaches. His tests are a little tough but if you study and go to lecture you should be okay. You really need to take notes during lecture because there is a lot of information and he usually tells you what big topics and ideas you will be tested on.

Respects students and is well prepared

There is a lot of material covered in this class, and you are expected to be familiar with all of it (4 full textbook chapters per exam, roughly 3 hours of lecture material + videos) for the tests. Tests are multiple choice + take-home essays. It's a LOT of work to get a good grade in this class but it is possible!