Our first exam average was terrible. The test is worth half of your final grade. This course requires lockdown browser and webcam. If something goes wrong with a connection she will give you a zero on the exam. She has no useful guidance on how to prepare for this exam. She is very arrogant and evil. If you care about your grade STAY AWAY!!

The test makes up the majority of your grade 58 percent. The test is extremely difficult. I would stay away from this professor. I think it's an ego trip because failing students does not seem productive for her job or for the university. The comments about her being a good instructor are fake and you will see for yourself if you take her course.

I took this class online, so I never actually met her. I have never taken such an impossible course in my life. I fell behind very early and I studied constantly and still failed and scored low on the tests with no real help from her or TA's. Whats most disappointing is that I was so excited for this class but this made me want to cry.

She is the WORST. Seriously don't take this class. She uses lockdown browser for everything and is so strict and doesn't take mental illness into accountability. You're struggling with COVID? Too bad she won't care. The coursework was not hard, but if youre reading this Dr. Lyerly, I hope no student takes you. They'd be lucky. STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Lyerly was nice at first, but some of her lectures weren't very helpful.

Without a doubt I have never seen a more awful teacher. This class should not be taken online or taught at all for that matter. She gives zeros to people that dont deserve it do not take this class save your money bruh

I do not know if it is because this class was online or me, but I would not want to take her again. I would have chosen a different professor, and I should have looked at the ratings before signing up for this class.

U will have to work ur butt off to pass this class, not even joking. Right now I'm spending most of my summer days reading the textbook for this class because it's the only helpful thing. Tests require respondus, the lectures are not helpful and monotone, so ur better off reading. U can drop the lowest test grade, but honestly don't even take this.

DO NOT take her for this course if you want a grade better than a C. This was the hardest course i've ever taken. Had nothing to do with having to use respondus browser, almost all of the study material she provides are not what is on the actual exams. Ridiculously hard, take a different professor if you can.

The worst professor I have ever had. Regardless if you were cheating or not, if she feels you did not follow her ridiculous "guidelines" you will be given a 0 on your exams. That alone tells me there is barely any trust in student abilities and it was so frustrating when honest students get grades that do not show their hard work. Do not take her!

I would never recommend Dr. Lyerly to my worst enemy. She expects you to read about three hours of material that is never discussed later. Do not take this class for an easy gen ed class because it is anything but that.

AWFUL!! I don't know if brain and behavior is just the world's hardest class or she's just a bad professor. She does not teach at all and it relies heavily on tests. You could do every single assignment but if you do bad on the tests then you're going to do bad in the class. There's study sessions before each exam with the TAs, but it doesn't help.

She is awful and does not care about her students. She is quite literally the worst educator I have ever had the displeasure of being a student of. She made me want to drop out. She does not even teach either. A lot of reading and the exams are not a good reflection of people's understanding of the subject.

Please do not take this class.Uses lockdown browser got flagged for eye movement, got a 0 for an exam. I read all these reviews and this was my only choice to take this class, if you are just taking this for credit, find something else ( Dr. Peach is amazing highly recommend her ). Lyerly lectures are extremely boring and not very interactive.

Do not take this for an easy gen ed course, the opposite. It's like she wants everyone to fail with her very boring and painful lectures that are not useful at all. All that reading and studying textbooks don't help. Attendance is mandatory using. (hybrid course). No one should take this class with her pls find a better teacher who cares about you.

When I plug in my charger into a wall outlet am depressed when I am not shocked to death.

Oh man.. you HAVE to study VERY hard in this class. Make sure you study every little detail because it will come up as a question! Even if you think it wont it definitely will. You must be able to take amazing notes as well. Definitely do not recommend. If shes the only professor with open seats just wait til next semester for a different one.

Brain & Behavior was the only psych class I have ever hated. Said to be a "time commitment" but cuts into time for other classes. Passionless lectures, TONS of reading, tedious homework & Packbacks add up to a part-time job. Exams are on tiny details across chapters worth of tiny details. I changed my major instead of having to do this class again.

This class's workload is equivalent to a part time job. I have a 4.0 and an associates degree under my belt, so it's not like I'm not used to putting in work...however, this course is borderline impossible to succeed in if you have any other classes, a family, a job, or interests outside of watching her monotone lectures.

Please please PLEASE do not take her class

Tests were just difficult and not too much on what we learn in class. Also hard to keep track because the curriculum has a ton of information crammed in

She's completely irrational when it comes to exams. She has failed more people on them than passed them for reasons that students cannot control. She was very rude and does not care about her students. She fails as many as she can. DO NOT TAKE HER. Completely unprofessional and should not be a professor at all.

Your entire grade is based on the exams. The homework assigned was so textbook heavy, at least 120 pages weekly. They had mini quizzes that barely mattered, but every exam was curved because no student could score above a 60. Her extra credit assignment isn't clear and she gives no other opportunities for extra points.

Tough grader. Everyone but 2 or 3 people in the class got a C or higher grade. No one got an A.

I would not recommend taking her at all unless you are willing to ruin your mental health. The amount of reading you need to do from the textbook is insane. Exams are the biggest part of the grade. The notes we take in the lecture barely even help and she basically just reads off the slides and even the littlest thing in the textbook matters.

Material is difficult. Prof and TAs don't care if you learn it. No help at all. Classmates were better support. Tests were 3-4 chapters each. Questions were on minute details, so if you have a photographic memory - you're in luck. I wish I could avoid her but psyc profs at UNCC are hard to come by apparently and I'll have to suffer again.

Class is an information overload. The exams have the tiniest details that are not part of broad important topics of each chapter. the lectures do not go in depth at all so they aren't of much help. her cheating policy is unfair. no review sessions for exams. cumulative final.

Expects you to read upwards of six chapters of the textbook a week, each of which could take upwards of an hour to read. The homework is easy but only makes up for 60% of your grade while the exams focus on the tiniest details of the textbook and random metaphors of the lectures rather than the broader topics.

If you care about your GPA, you should either NOT choose this professor OR you must be ready to read for hours on end, just to be tested on the smallest details in the textbook. I honestly couldn't even study for these exams due to the absolute UNPREPARATION for the questions. Rules for the exams are ridiculous, so if your wifi goes out, 0 for you.

She is nice but incredibly strict. Attendance is mandatory and the tests are very specific and difficult. A lot of reading.

don't take this class

dont take it

Talks to much, doesn't help her students, wants you to fail

The first thing she said on the first day of class is that we needed to study 9 hours a week if we wanted to pass her class. Shes not a good teacher the test are super specific, and the lectures are just general information. So if you don't read the textbooks your screwed for the test. Shes not a good professor.

She is very hard to reach, and very strict. Very hard course with a lotttt of reading. She is also very strict with test policies and will not hesitate to give you a 0.

This prof should not teach a mandatory class for psych majors. Class is exam heavy. There are 4 exams + an optional final. While she does drop the lowest exam grade, the testing policy is ridiculous. Many students get at least one 0 b/c of respondus lockdown browser or wifi disconnecting. Not worth the stress and the INSANE amount of weekly reading

took the online course. no lectures. complex topics. extremely difficult exams. Grade is based on: Quizzes and tests 29% Packback (reflections) 15% Exams 55%

The study guides NEVER match up to the exams bc the TAs make them despite having not seen the exams. The practice questions in the textbook do not help either and neither do the learning curves. Exams are worth a HUGE portion of the grade and are extremely specific and difficult. If you are not ready to study hard, avoid this class.

Could quite literally be the worst professor at UNCC. Study guides for tests were zero help. Lectures consisted of her reading from a PowerPoint. Was accused of cheating on a test, emailed her proof that I didn't with the security camera footage from my room, and she ghosted me. Copped a zero on a test that I genuinely did well on. Avoid her!

I do not recommend this professor AT ALL!!! she has a very, very strict testing/grading criteria. She doesn't care if you pass or fail, tests don't relate to reviews at all, class itself is easy but she makes it almost impossible to pass her class.

For a Psych teacher, she doesn't care about mental health. The tests doesn't cover anything we learn from the study guides. She has a very strict grading system and she will not hesitate to give you a zero on the exam. Then after she gives you a zero she just disappears without giving you an explanation.

To my dismay, I had to take a course offered by Jordan Lyerly this past semester. She is the most impractical "professional" I have encountered at UNC Charlotte. This is a woman who takes her job way too seriously, yet is idle when it comes to helping students succeed.

Expanding on my preceding review, every exam is curved but the final. I don't care what it says in the syllabus --(nobody reads that) when you curve every exam across the span of a semester, you're setting a precedent that you'll do the same on the final. You'd think a doctorate would teach you that, Jordan.

Lastly, Jordan Lyerly has shown virtually no ability to use discretion. She is so "by the book" I'm convinced she's forgotten that she is the one who makes the rules! This will fizzle out with age and experience, it's just unfortunate so many of us have to deal with this now. Maybe in 30 yrs she will become a serviceable prof. For now, steer clear!

This is easily the worst class I have taken at UNCC. The tests are ridiculously hard and she ends up having to curve every test. The TAs make the study guides which are unreliable and not very helpful. Be ready to teach yourself this course.

Even in a car crash. You will still be graded, with a failing grade. No empathy.

Lectures are identical to what you have to read in the textbook, but attendance is mandatory. Not very understanding or flexible on grading policy. Assignments are identical from week to week, and somewhat long but Tests are challenging and application-based. Just do the hw and go to class and you'll be fine

Incredibly strict when it comes to tests. Every little detail said in a lecture was on each test. Easy homework assignment. She is so strict and even kicked people out of class for speaking once. Take another Professors class.

For an "intro" course that dictates whether or not you continue as a psych major/minor, she is unbelievably difficult. There is not a single justification as to why she should be the primary professor for this course.

A very strict professor. She was my first psyc professor and made me question if I wanted to stick to my major or not. Read through all texts and courses very well and be there for attendance it is required for your grade. Plus she mentions random things that are later mentioned on the test. So pay attention or get a different professor!!

this was the worst professor i have ever encountered. she curved the first 2 exams then decided not to curve the final exam for no reason at all. and the final exam is optional, her ta SUCKED, they kept canceled PAL, they went over stuff that not even included. SHE DOES NOT CARE about ur personal life. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS

This is the WORST professor I ever had. I took anatomy and physiology and it was EASIER than this course. Her tests are ridiculously difficult and irrelevant to what we learn. She is not consistent in curving and I honestly don't even think it correlates to average which SHE REFUSES TO DISPLAY because they are so low. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR.

Embarrassment to the department and to the university. You will have to teach yourself, her lectures are boring and useless. She does not prepare you for the exam; barely anyone passes. She will not work with you for even an emergency. She operates in the gray area when it comes to university code of conduct. Avoid her like the plague.

Waste of time. This was a hybrid class: everything is taught online. No tests or exams, and nothing is stopping you from using google for A's on quizzes. Take this class for a free gen-ed. Don't expect to retain anything. Exams are 200 wrd “reflections” where you just trauma dump for an easy A as long as you define a word from the last topic.

This class is on the study of the brain and she has us write reflections about how we can apply what we 'learned' in class to our lives.The paper allowed a max of 300 words I misread the instructions and accidentally wrote more. She gave me a 0 which dropped my grade from an 86 to a 75 so I emailed her but she didn't care and still gave the 0.

Worst ever. This why teachers don't get paid well. Its because of professors like Dr. Lyerly. This isn't a class where you learn things. She doesn't care at all lmao. All of our assignments are graded by an AI. Packback is the worst educational platform ever. Don't take psychology from Lyerly. You wont learn anything. She shouldn't teach.

She is HORRENDOUS with a capital H. All she does for an hour and fifteen minutes is yap about the slides she's presenting. She doesn't care about ANY of her students as she never responds to emails. She has no exciting variety to her class as Packback assignments and Unit Reflections decide this class...

She is the antithesis of what an educator should be—cold, rigid, & lacking empathy. Her "no exceptions" rule dismisses students' real-life struggles, offering no compassion for crises or emergencies. It's baffling how someone so disconnected from the essence of psychology is trusted to teach it. She see's you as nothing more than a faceless number.

This professor is a disgrace to teaching and psychology. Cold, unfeeling, and devoid of empathy, she treats students as faceless numbers. Crises mean nothing—her rigid "no exceptions" rule ensures zero compassion for real-life emergencies. It's baffling how someone so heartless and disconnected from psychology is trusted to shape students' minds!!!

I was thoroughly disappointed with my experience in the course I took with Dr. Lyerly. It was made apparent from the first day of class that she was more interested in maintaining "integrity" of the course by imposing bizarrely strict rules (which actually hindered the quality of education) than actually ensuring effective learning was achieved.

The only reason I scraped by in this class is because im

The only reason I scraped by in this class with a B- is because I'm on Ritalin and studied day in and day out. After a plethora of screaming, crying, hair pulling head bashing mental breakdowns, I still averaged 60s on the exams. I don't even blame the TA's for being unhelpful, they were working with SCRAPS.

Dr. Lyerly is unwilling to work with you on anything. I had to email her multiple times because of mistakes in rubric grading and feedback. I only managed a B because of how hard I had to work for this class. I had a lot of extenuating circumstances and disabilities that she refused to work with me on. Disappointed by the quality of this course.

The strictest and least supportive professor I've ever had. Grading feels inconsistent with the rubric, feedback is minimal, and asking questions often feels unwelcome. The class material is fine, but the environment she creates is discouraging. I won't even recommend my worst enemy to take her class.

Extremely strict with deadlines and won't offer extra credit or curves, so you have to stay perfect the whole semester. Honestly, she often came across as rude and dismissive in my experience, which made communicating with her pretty frustrating.