paul is blind, ironicly his major is sensation and perception...he reads the txt book and tells stupid stories about how he grew up being blind, one can do well and read the txt book and never go to class... i never went to his class after the first week and just went to mid terms and I got an A overall

subject matter varied from course completely. complete left turn.

So confusing, not recommend unless you already know most of the stuffs. Try to avoid this guy.

In a class of 60 only 6-10 people attended on a regular basis. I think I attended 6 classes and stayed for one complete one. He reads from the text and often makes mistakes or argues with the text material, but the tests come from the text manufacturer. So basically buy the text, show up occasionally and collect your B.

I've never just stopped going to a class in my entire life... Until Paul's class, he is incredibly bland to listen to, and reads directly, word for word out of the textbook. A complete waste of time. This is university, not kindergarten, I don't need someone to read me the textbook. Class is easy because he gives the exam questions. Just terrible.

Most boring class by far. However, the test questions are all given out in class. Good GPA booster if you are able to sit through every lecture (seriously difficult to do)

Horrible, he literally just reads you the textbook. How you can call his method 'teaching' is beyond me. $500 for a guy to read me a textbook, and then give fill in the blank tests on the material is absolute highway robbery of your money and time. Nice dude and all, but AVOID.

The prof reads word for word out of the text book and offers no further explanation of concepts in class other than the information provided by the text. In class the material is covered by answering 10+ long answer questions from each chapter that are written in the text book then we are tested in a fill in the blank format.

This class was a GPA booster for me and I can honestly say it was not worth it. The lectures were so incredibly boring I would have rather taken ANY other class from ANY other professor. He literally reads straight from the textbook to you. Can't believe he is allowed to do that and actually be called a professor. DO NOT take this course.

I would avoid this class at all costs, FIB midterm was ridiculous, lecture was long and boring. I honestly can say I have learned nothing useful from this class

Extremely boring class and prof. Found it so hard to pay attention, as all he does is read directly from the textbook. Also be prepared to know word for word from the text as he does fill in the blank questions on exams. Completely regret taking this class!

Do yourself a favour and do not take this class or this prof. Nice guy but horrible prof.

As everyone has said: Paul is a kind man but probably the worst professor I've ever had. Makes you memorize 75-100 fill in the blank questions randomly drawn from the textbook. You don't actually learn anything from Paul because he is a robot and reads the textbook to you every single class like you're 5 years old. Wouldn't recommend to anyone.

Paul is undoubtedly a very educated man but his lectures are so dull. It's so hard to stay focused cause all he does is read from the textbook. However, he will list of test qs (take note of these) and his tests are pretty easy if you study hard. Take this class w a different prof if you can but if not, it's not the end of the world.

I highly recommend to not enrol in a class taught by Dr. Gabias. He may be the worst prof I have had so far in uni. He reads word for word from the textbook and provides little elaboration on the topics, leaving the content very confusing and ambiguous unless you have previous knowledge on the content. Fill in the blank test question r brutal. 1/10

Hard to listen to. He improperly defines terms and refuses to acknowledge current research or views that he doesn't agree with, and he doesn't agree with currently accepted research!

His lectures are just.. dull. His nice and his midterms are open book though but all the questions are based on the textbook. The class is very forgettable and boring.

Dr. Gabias' lectures were very uninteresting and unhelpful. They were all pre-recorded and half didn't even have a camera. All he did was read the textbook. There was very little motivation to participate or engage in the material. I didn't finish a single lecture and just read the textbook for the final and midterm.

his lectors are him reading the textbook. you could read your textbook on your own and be fine. he does not tell you what the tests are made up of until a week before. he does not accommodate students he is really bad. dont take any of his classes

terrible. read textbook all the time

Dr. Gabias reads word for word from the textbook that you are required to buy. The lectures drag on, I can never keep my attention focused even though it is only an hour lecture. Attendance is mandatory even though we don't learn any new materials in class. This is the most disappointing class (along with psyo 315) I've taken in my 5 years at uni.

Awful lectures. Reads word for word from textbook. I have to take his classes to graduate so unfortunately I have him again next semester but seriously I've never experienced a worse class in my life. Very disappointed to have wasted my money on these courses. Extremely dissatisfied.

I'd say he's one of those people who are very knowledgeable but have no teaching skills. He might drop a few important things, but pretty much just reads the textbook in class. TAs enforced mandatory attendance with a sign-in sheet after students stopped showing up when they realized they had paid for a very expensive but dull audiobook.

Awful Awful class/. He reads everything straight form the textbook and taght slower than schedule then asked us to read a few chapters on our own a week before final.

Absolutely horrible. NEVER take his classes if you don't have to. He just reads straight out of the textbook, and then puts random questions on the midterms that weren't even in the textbook. Extremely poor time management, and he told us to read nearly 80 pages largely on our own a few days before the final. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS UNLESS YOU WANT TO CRY DAILY. He reads straight from the textbook and does not give clarity when you ask a question. Your grade is just based off 3 exams which he does not prepare you for. His expectations exceed what he teaches you. Very nice individual but a horrible teacher.

Listen to the other reviews DO NOT take his class. He is a kind and accomplished person, however, not a good teacher. He just reads the textbook and expects to memorize the whole book. Not worth money at all.

I took non-visual perception online and then visual perception in-person with Paul so I can say with full certainty he NEEDS to stick to online formats if he isn't going to adapt his teaching style. Attendance wasn't mandatory until nobody was showing up to class. He needs to address WHY people felt like teaching themselves was preferred.

Each class is spent reading from the textbook only. He doesn't tell you what page he's on and simply starts reading. He barely covered the material we needed to know for the final and made us read around 100 pages of the textbook on our own. Avoid unless you want to teach yourself the whole course. Unfortunate experience.

Dr. Gabias reads off of the text, word for word! He is not meant to teach an in-person class and expects you to remember the smallest details and numbers from a really old textbook. Class averages were so low for a psychology course. No lecture slides or study guides were provided. Not worth the money at all.

Disappointing class. He reads straight from the textbook without guidance, doesn't elaborate on content, and misrepresented the midterm. Often disrespectful to students. Feels like paying just to read a textbook. Wouldn't recommend. :/

To let everyone know, he is a blind professor. He's very smart. However, the way he teaches sets you to failure in this class. The course has so much information to memorize, and having him as prof is not helpful at all. Almost everyone in the class just have to study on their own. He doesn't provide slides at all or anything to help us.

Feels like a joke to me. I paid so much money for the class just to listen to him read the textbook out word for word.

The professor provides no help at all in this class. He just simply reads from the textbook.the professor's performance is extremely poor, making it impossible for you to develop any interest in the psychology course or improve your grade.

Complete waste of money you literally are just paying money to memorize the textbook by yourself he does not teach he just reads the textbook slowly for an hour. Tests are easy if you memorize because he tales questions directly from textbook material

This class is basically the most expensive story time you'll ever attend. The prof reads straight from braille in a monotone voice often loses his place and then starts improvising. Clickers are used. Don't buy the textbook just find the textbook online for free (PFD coffee). read it over and just study the definitions. Good luck you will need it

Not a great class. Dr. Gabias read from the textbook word for word and it was often unclear what to study for the very heavily weighted tests. The tests were not too bad, but the content we covered seemed very random for an intro psych course as we spent a lot of time doing physiology, research methods, and history instead of psychology.

He reads from the textbook, meanders and brings up weird politically-shifty topics. He doesn't seem like he really wants to be there, not enthusiastic. Studying for the tests is easy though, although there are a lot of questions (like 180 multiple choice on one midterm).