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Very nice teacher, and very helpful.
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great prof, very funny!!!
a great class! lots of fun!
definitely the best prof I've ever had
amazing prof! best one in the department.
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Great and funny guy! He talks about things that we can relate.
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Excellent prof. Very good at generating thoughtful discussion
excellent lecturer, big JERK tho
yes, hot for an older man. funnest lectures ever, he's a character. was very sad to finish the semester.
he talked about sex in every lecture and he has a fascination with his lab rats...way to random with his thoughts...overall alright...you could tell he hadn't taught first year in awhile...
Awesome
awesome teacher
Best teacher ever!!! He was so funny in class. Listening to him speak was good source of entertainment.
Very interested in his work. Sparks interest in the subject matter. Seems a little arrogant though.
Explains things well, good sense of humour, a little arrogant
It is useful to tell people how to train a rat before you expect them to train a rat.
awesome prof...knows what hes talking about and presents it in a manner that reaches every1...aweosme lectures and funny too!
Sucks!
Amazing! Always makes subject matter really interesting! Looked forward to attending every class!
hilarious and fun. didnt go much tho. but everyone loved him.
Great prof to have for an intro psych class. I will be picking the rest of my classes on the basis of him being around :)
Pseudo-scientific goobledygook.
Great teacher for Evolutionary Psychology. Challenged our minds, to think outside the box, was very open to discussion. Good difficulty level, workload very fair. By far one of the most interesting psychology courses to date. A+
Presented the course material in a clear and often amusing way. Truly knew he was a good teacher when I went to study and realized that I didn't really find the material that interesting on its own. He MADE it interesting and I loved going to class.
I thought his class was easy, but there wasn't much material for the course. I thought every lecture sounded the same. However this is probably one of the better professors that you will encounter in our weak psychology program here at U of G.
great professor, who always made class interesting...presented the material in an interesting way so that we were never bored, and he integrated interesting concepts into our course...HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Funny guy. Makes you want to come to class.
He is HILARIOUS!!!! He makes lectures really interesting!! Be careful though because you have to pay attention to details in the book that he doesn't cover in class.
He's a lot of fun...his lectures are interesting...does anyone know what his exams are like? (ie...is there a lot of info on them not covered in class?)
This man is like a late night talk show host. Definetly read the textbook, but go to his lectures because they are so much fun. He is a funny funny man.
Read the textbook and GO TO LECTURES! his tests have questions about stuff ONLY covered in his lectures as well as the text. He also takes questions out of the study guide :) Really funny and makes things easy to understand due to his stick-in-your-head funny examples
Way to go Hank Baby! Great teacher, very knowledgable.
Over fond of his own voice - encouraged student expression of opposing views but he doesn't actually 'listen' to them. I wonder if these high ratings are actually due to the overly simplistic course content. This is not a challenging course - even though "Hank Baby" tells you it is. Btw I got an A.
he is hillarious. this guy is so awesome!!!!!! but read the textbook!!!!!
Excellent prof, really funny. But read the textbook. Definitely my favourite prof so far, I'll be trying to take other classes with him in the future.
'Hank Baby' is a very funny guy. Never heard so much trash talk in my life! lol READ the textbook and go to lectures as he enjoys pulling stuff directly from a lecture. He talks the whole time and doesn't allow for much discussion but the course is so easy WHO CARES?! lol
Never been to such a fun class before that actually makes you think of the way things are in everyday life! I look forward to my psych classes and can't wait to take another class with prof Davis!
he's the only reason i get up T/TH! i love how he gives us absurd yet relativent examples bcuz they are extremely helpful come exam time. i am going to put myself thru psych 1200 just to be in his rat conditioning class (i like rats too). YOU ROCK Dr DAVIS
Awesome class!
Most entertaining lecture I've had...make psychology sound really interesting. Go to lectures, they're actually worth it and show up in a big way on exams. This guy is AWESOME.
Hank Davia is the best prof I've had. He is absolutely hilarious, every lecture is so much fun and interesting. His exams are not too difficult as long as you read the text. I would suggest to anyone even if you don't like psychology to take a class with Davis as the prof. Amazing.
Awesome! Very funny!
He is AWESOME!!! Best prof. I have had in this univerisity!!!
'hey hank baby' davis rocks! you will never have a prof like this again! he will make you laugh, make you think, think twice, and even applaud at the end of lectures. :) very cool, very approachable, very very fun!
hey hank baby screwed us over for the final
Hank Baby is thee best prof I had this year. My favourite class to go to, he's so much fun, and so natural up there, it's not like he's teaching a bunch of half asleep ppl, he talks to us like he's having a conversation with a pal.Exams are tough tho, pay attention to the text and study guide!
Davis is thee best prof ever! so entertaining and interesting to listen to, gives real life examples and made psych a lot easier then i initially thought it'd be. I'd recommend this prof to anyone, I'm a bio major, but because of him i may find myself taking other psychs.. he rules!! go hank baby!!
He was a great prof who used helpful and funny examples in his lectures. You have to pay attention to what he says and take notes. Read text for exams too. I definitley recommend this course!
He made the class go by so fast and i didn't want to miss one. He was basically a stand up psychology comedian which was good because it helped keep your interest. He built up our self confedience level way up which in some cases are good but for the exam it wasn't favorable as it was hard.
Class interesting topic but be prepared that you may find some of the jokes crude or be insulted by some comments. The midterm was easy but the final was really hard. Read the textbook for sure. Class time seemed to go fast and material well explained.
hank baby was definately the best prof ever. he made things really interesting and was very approachable. You could actually sit through his class without falling asleep. I advise you to take his class for intro psych courses, you wont regret it!!
Pffffffffff one of the worst profs EVER! He was not clear whatsoever in explaining materials..well, that's if he took time to explain. He has this stupid obsession with Hooded Rats and he hates Cats..All you Cat lovers..run away with your Cats before he kills them. Pffffffff a waste of a credit.
he's my favourite prof ever! classes went by so fast when he was talking.
easy A - if you can stomach his arrogance
Pretty arrogant guy who tries to get you to conform to his beliefs.
I find the material interesting, but the professer too opinionated.
very interesting lectures, but vague on what you need to know on the exams. basically you need to know everything he says, and read the entire textbook. doesnt really make it easy for us huh? and yes, he does hate cats!
Hank Baby, Good Prof and really funny ... he can be arrogent but he makes it interesting and you want to go to class ... the cat stuff it true ... but other then that hes great
Great stories.
He was a good teacher and kept the class interesting but he was much to vague on what could possibly be on the exams. He also didn't cover very much material in the classes so you were on your own for the readings. He was funny though and I'd definately tell u to try one of his classes!!
He was great. He is really intelligent and is really good at giving examples for the concepts he talks about. Could definetly be a little arrogant but it didn't really interfere with his teaching.
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Very funny. Very smart. Could relate to his stories. Overall an enjoyable class.
He is really opinionated, and kinda ****. If you disagree with him, he will call you stupid.
Awesome teacher. His lectures actually held my interest a vast majority of the time. (Believe me, it's a feat.) Funny guy, wins the hearts of all of his students. Advertises ratemyprof. I think he knows how much everyone likes him.
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Awesome class. Despite the fact that I found most of the concepts boring as sin, Hanky-Baby always managed to make them tolerable through a million "for example" stories. I'll never understand that man's hatred for cats, though... Probably just his love of hooded rats.
I love hanky-baby! From the grey hair to the hawaiian shirts! Any teacher that quotes Star Trek is cool with me! lol I found his classes so interesting and the stories were great for illustrating points. He's the reason I took another psych class! Definately recommend taking one of his classes!
His abilities as a prof are good, but his interactions with students (in class and in meetings) are incredibly poor. He is slightly unprofessional in class.
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I took Stats last semester and BARELY passed. Today in Hank's class he tought us some basic principles of stats and I learned more from him and the way he approached it than the entire semester of Stats.
Hank is an awesome prof! He explains things in such great detail and in interesting ways. He always keeps the class laughing! I <3 Him!
Excellent lectures! Great sense of humour!
super professor- hank you better be reading this cause im only comenting because you told me to
Dr. Phil is pop psychology. Oprah is pop psychology. John Edwards is pop psychology. Pop psychology is not real psychology.
He is very enthusiastic in his lectures, and relates all the course material in an interesting and entertaining fasion.
Hanky Baby's lectures were sooo funny and interesting! I admit that I looked forward to going to them. I appreciated his humour, I just sometimes wished that he would spend more time in lecture going over the boring stuff so we didn't have to on our own (but that's why there are SLGs, which you should go to!!!). Definitely recommend him!!!
Hank Baby is the coolest
Hank Baby should get some kind of teaching award. He is an amazing professor. When I was in high school I expected all my university professors to be this good. I found out they’re not. Hanky Baby makes difficult concepts seem easy and entertains us while he’s doing it. He’s really hilarious but he’s also very smart. He might upset some very conser
Hank baby is an amazing prof. He explains important topics very clearly, and uses examples to drive the point home. His lectures are fun to attend; he is very humourous.
He is such and awesome teacher and really funny!!! He has become one of my favourite teachers in university and makes me want to take psychology all through university like I planned too!!
Professor Davis is a kind, caring, sensitive, hilarious, intelligent, amazing prof!! He challenges you to look at life objectively and critically. This was one class I really enjoyed going to...you just never knew what he would say! I laughed a lot through the hour!! I would HIGHLY recommend him to all who have an opportunity to take his class
As much as some people like him, he had his downsides as well. He was disrespectful of the religious view of creationism in one of his first year lectures. Makes really hard midterms and exams. The exam had some really badly made questions i.e. the one about the Canadian flag and conditioning in case you're reading this Hank!
Good prof, liked attending the lectures. he kept you interested. Absolutely hilarious, yet usually stays on topic. However, sometimes felt a little uncomfortable with some of his comments, especially regarding religion. Exams were fair if you were well prepared.
ugh, very close-minded. He's entertaining, but one of the most pompous people I have ever met. If you want to do well in this course, read the bold definitions in the text and vaguely remember his examples used in class.
He is Hilarious, very entertaining....HOWEVER, he is very close minded, and has no problem insulting people and their beliefs. I do not like the insulting jokes he makes about religion, and on top of that, dont ask a stupid question, cause he will insult you, and while it is done in a humerous way, it is not either appropriate or necessary.
Wow. Six weeks into the semester and I can say this is the most amazing class (and prof) I've ever had. The classroom is supposed to hold 100 people but it's often Standing Room Only in here. I've never seen anyone teach with such passion and humour.
Very interesting lectures! but he is very-closed minded and can insult people... I attended all of his class because they were really fun!
He is one of the most closed-minded people I have ever met. He thinks all of his ideas and opinions are THE only way. He is overly critical, talks down to his students, and is down-right rude alot of the time. However, he is a very entertaining speaker.
I thought he was an amazing professor, kept you engaged which is so difficult. I love when he puts the microphone close to his mouth to emphasize something. I thought his examinations were fair.
I loved my classes with Davis!! Very entertaining speaker, he's hilarious! May offend some people but it is difficult to teach a class about evolution without offending religious individuals. I highly recommend his classes, but if you're religious with no sense of humour, his class is not for you. Definitely one of my favourite profs!
AWESOME!!!!
HANK BABY! Funny guy, clear with excellent examples; however, he iiisss a biiiit closed-minded. It's comical though, and you know what to agree with to get good marks. Interesting class.
Great professor in the lectures. Hilarious! Makes the class interesting and motivates you to actually go. However, he is a bit of a jerk in person and through email. Your opinion to him means nothing and he can be quite rude. Worth taking the class though because he teaches well.
You need to take evolutionary psyc. It really does change your outlook on the world. Hank is the most amazing professor I have ever had. You actually WANT to come to class everyday, I know that sounds like a stretch, but I swear its true!!
AMAZING!!!!!!
Hanks a good guy but sometimes his lectures are vague and he sometimes gets lost in (usually somewhat entertaining) stories. He is definately entertaining but his exams are super hard and I'm not the only one who thought so (at least this semester)!
Very fun
best teacher ever
JERK! So basically he said on the first day, in my first class at university, if you hold any value to any religion what so ever aside from the theory of evolution, you will fail his class. I did ok and I happen to hold a lot of value to my religion. As far as tests go he is sooo random and unfair about unrelated topics to the course.
AMAZING! Absolutely incredible professor. I wanted to go to class and was sad when lecture was over. Most interesting professor you will ever have. You NEED to take evolutionary psychology with him, it will change you forever.
evolutionary psyc prof, amazing
As myself and a few of my classmates believe, Hank's Teaching Style mainly depends on his attire for the day. When Hank wears colorful clothing, I seem to retain information better. Today however, Hank was wearing dark clothing and a ponytail. He ended up going off on a tangent multiple times and losing my interest completely. =)But he's awesome.
Good teacher. Very Interesting and entertaining to listen to but often gets off topic and is sometimes hard to pay attention to. I loved his class until i say the final exam...very hard exams
I did not like Davis at all. He went out of his way to put down any kids who were religious or held spiritual beliefs, and half the questions on the midterm/exam were about conversations held in class, as opposed to actual course material. You can understand 100% of the textbook material and still get a 70% because of this. Infuriating.
Just a really useless guy who tells almost completely useless stories. Just read the textbook.
Hanky was amazing. Blunt, direct, and gave effective examples that made the class really interesting! Loved him.
He has very strong opinions and expects you to agree with them. He argues his position is correct to the point where any other position is "silly". He uses too much arcasm that comes off disrespectful.
Disrespectful attitude, useless digressions, covered some topics ad nauseum, some not at all. Likes to tell students they're wrong, but unwilling to discuss why. Got 91%, it's a bird course, just read the textbook, memorize his examples, and keep your trap shut.
A lot of other posters are coming on here saying he`s `disrespectful`, but he covered that on like the third day of class when he discussed the conditions for knowledge instead of just belief, and the scientific method. He talks REAL talk. No astrology, no superstition, just science. Mad respect to this man.
He is smart funny and the reason I get up in the morning for class. He says things multiple times in unboring ways to drive the point across so you understand and get high marks. This class is also educational of life's many questions. Very Interesting. I'd recommend IMMEDIATELY! Snipe it quick before other people figure it out.
Loved him! Very interesting lectures, although textbook reading is necessary. Lots of examples.
He is disrespectful, ignorant and really dislikes the idea of helping students.
Hanky Baby is the best teacher in the whole world. If your smart you will take every single one of his classes you possibly can. The only thing you need to do is pay attention and need the textbook to do exams i love him !
I thought he was really interesting and made it worth going to lecture although you mainly have to read the textbook. They were funny if you went to class in a good mood. I got tired of the inappropriate comments pretty fast though.
He is an interesting prof and has a lot of interesting stories but thats about it. his exams are very subjective and he uses very flowery wording, i have had him for both psy1100 and psyc3100, the same in both. Its almost impossible to study for exams. stay awwaaayyyy!
Slightly egoistical
Completely unreliable, changes due dates at random, marks taken off courselink and changed after given to students. Unacceptable level of professionalism, I would never take a course with this professor again.
Straight up the best professor I've ever had. He is passionate about what he does and one of the most interesting lecturers I've had the privilege of listening to. I've heard rumours that his controversial lecture content has led to his forced retirement, but I so hope this is not true. It would be a huge loss for the university.
Hank Davis was my favourite professor throughout my whole university experience. His lectures were well thought out and his communication skills exceed those of most profs I've had. I never missed a class because his lectures were too good to miss. Because I never missed, I did well. His classes are one of my fondest memories at UoG.
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