Hot stuff!I had a great experience with him.. tries to make the classes interesting and fun..Don't remember much of the course anyways ... after all GE!

Good person, great outside of class, horrible professor. Anal and stringent. Strenuous course. Be sure you do all of the reading, as things will be on the exam that he won't mention in class.

This class is somewhat hard. There's A LOT of homeworks that takes up A LOT of time. His tests are a bit difficult. Make sure to read the book thoroughly! He oftens comes to class only to leave again to make copies of handouts. He is very helpful, though

Mark is VERY smart and it shows. The class is difficult but it feels good to actually learn something that has real world application. Yeah, you have to read and be in class to pass. Oh btw he has copies of previous tests for review. So I HIGHLY recommend use the his website from the beginning.

If you go to class and take notes, you'll get an A. He will work with you outside of class and is very helpful. Very clear lectures, but he does like the females more than the males

He is very cute. But the class is a bit hard. Tests are based on the book. If you go over the book really well, you should at least get a C. He isn't that hard of a grader when it comes down to it. You might get a better final grade than you expected.

worth transferring to the psych dept for this one....but then again i'm a true blonde. the class is somewhat difficult but not unfairly so considering this is college & not high school. he will help you, he does care about the students who are trying and are interested.

I don't know why everyone is complaining. Half my class was never there so thats probably why they all barely passed. Pros: Very upbeat and excited about topic. Cons: Essays and Tests are due the same day =( I got an A+ so he can't be as bad as people say!

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you actuallly learn in this class. Tests are based one lectures and study guide practice tests. Make sure u use the practice tests and lecture notes on his website, becuz 75 percent of his test questions are from the website. Pretty easy class i waited till the last minute to do things and still got an A

very smart and very hot, but a little snooty. i went to him for advising and he winced when i said i was going into nursing. cognition wasnt hard at all, had it for winter session. easy A. just do the work and pay attention to lecture; he is very thorough. he should work on his people skills a little though.

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Easy A. He's very thorough. All you have to do is the hwk and listen!!! keyword listen to his lectures and you'll do fine. Might have to go through the book to do the hwk. Go to his website for practice tests.

The class is pretty interesting & it's not difficult if you actually do the work. He's always in his office & willing to help. ^_^

Good instructor but favors the ladies. I took the class over the summer so it might differ from regular session. There are a couple tests with multiple choice and short answer questions. There were also a few article summaries on experiments etc as homework. Attending lecture is very helpful.

He's very... quick about getting through stuff. Emails, phone calls, visits. But he's a very fun teacher and a good advisor.

class wasinteresting, but he seems to jump around a lot, so lectures are hard to follow, don't really need to attend class to do well, everything straight from the book

Made the student more interested in the subject with his enthusiasm.

He really cares about his students. He really wants to see his students succeed. Super smart guy. All you have to do is write a 2 page article critique every week and present a chapter in the book every other week.

He is one of the most helpful teachers. He really goes out of his way to help his students..! Hats off to him!

He definately makes the more difficult concepts easier to grasp. He has a way of lecturing that works well that way. The class was more than a little disorganized, but the topics were good. They really covered a wide range of important topics that couldn't be covered in 120. The experiment really helps you get an idea of what research really is.

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HARD CLASS!! I took it winter session and it was not what I expected. He wasnt there half the time and had guest teachers. He jumped all over with his lectures and never followed the notes he provided. Nice guy but this class did not go well. I got an A, but it was hard. Maybe regular session is better...

difficult course. clear and very helpful (when not travelling). good info about psyc.

very smart guy who goes out of his way to help his students. overall, i enjoyed the class. you have to do about 10 presentations, plus 4 pages of writing each week, and a meta-analysis semester project. don't get too intimidated because mark makes the journey as easy as possible if you take advantage of his office hours.

He is a good professor, he helped me alot with his class.

Dr. Van Selst is very nice and helpful, but many assignments were required in this class. About 18 2-page papers, 8 presentations, and a final 10/20-page partial meta analysis project were required. He also assigned two small books for this class. Although the workload was heavy, he can be very helpful during his office hour.

Be prepared to put some effort in this class, you won't get through it by simply sitting there. The lectures are important, his tests/quizzes are all based mostly from the lectures. If you got any questions about psychology, he's the one to ask. He's one of the adviser for psyc.

Felt that Mark genuinely wants his students to learn,so don't take him unless you are willing to work hard and keep up with the many written assignments. I quietly complained to myself about how tough the class was to keep up with, but in the end I was relieved to have had such an intelligent professor teach me about Cognition.

Extremely hard class. The exams are only 10-20 essay questions, so you will need to come to class and read the book to pass. He is a good lecturer,although, so take good notes and pay attention. More importantly, while taking the exams never leave questions blank. He gives points for trying or even gives full points if you get the gist of it.

We did one major project the whole semester which made it very easy. Easy to follow instructions. During lectures if you ask to explain better he will make sure you get it before moving on. The tests are literally almost exactly the same as the study guides. Never leave anything blank on the exams. He will give credit for just trying

I took this class during winter session and so we had a mini paper due every night but they were reasonable assignments imo. Its a test heavy class but he puts a couple of extra questions as bonus points. Try every question and give him anything you know! I got 13/12, 20.08/20, 12.17/14, and 15.5/14 on his tests and finished the class with 100.6%

I was hesitant to take this professor, at first, because of what I read on here. BUT I personally found him to be a great lecturer who's very knowledgable on the class topic. The tests are hard and you have to write a lot of papers, but if you actually do the work and study, you'll pass. He cares about his students if they show effort.

His tests are some of the hardest tests I have ever taken. I took this class during covid, but even if you have the internet at your disposal, you won't find his test answers online, trust me. There's also a lot of homework assignments which are all papers you'll need to write. Review the slides before his exams (no study guides given).

Awesome professor