Gord Hayman - Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Professor: Gord Hayman

Department: Psychology

College: Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH4511
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Most difficult prof i've encountered. One of those types of people who assumes you're as smart as him and when he speaks it's as if he's addressing a room full of PhD level associates. In a class of 54 students we had around 10 left after the midterm. Tried taking his Emotion course but didn't want to end up with a 50 (i'm an 80 avg. student).

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSY2003
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hes pretty good!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You can do well if you try

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LEARNINMEMCOG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Hayman is great! He is soooo smart! You can really learn a lot from his classes! You really have to study for the exams I dont feel that he asks anymore than for you to give the class your all! His papers are VERY easy as long as you adhere to his stipulations!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COGPSYCH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The most boring class I've ever had, which is why I rarely went to it. Tests aren't very hard as long as you read the text and do the sample questions which are posted online.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COGPSYCH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Like the people before me said, sample questions are EXTREMELY helpful. Do them, read a little, and you'll do really well. As for his reports, they are long and do require some work, but his criteria is very fair. It's hard to sit in his lectures, but at least attend one class a week. He's a genius.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2003
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

prior comments are accurate; he lectures like he's talking to phd candidates. fine with me as i'm an upper year, but for a 2nd year course? he is a genius regarding cognitive psych though, VERY worldly in the field. don't need attend class, he posts everything on the web, sample exam questions too.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 2003
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hard, hard, hard. SO dry! Avoid if possible. He is quite helpful, but material is sooooo dry.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH4511
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Do NOT take his Learning & Memory class - it's the equivalent of 2 or 3 classes in terms of work! Completely unreasonable! To his credit, he is a nice guy and mega intelligent, but is more suited to the post doctoral level, ie, he's very helpful but you may leave more confused than before.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCHOLOGY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

he clearly knows what he's doing...maybe a little too well at times, so he frequently goes off on tangeants and it's difficult to keep track of what exactly is being discussed. the fact that he has VERY poor public speaking skills makes lectures TORTURE since "um" is apparently his punctuation

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COGNITIVE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Knows his stuff but is downright pathetic in terms of presenting to the class. For crying out loud get yourself enrolled in a Toastmaster's program!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COGPSYCH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

omg...how the hell did this one aquire his job...i'm in class for 15 minutes and i'm already screaming to leave. terrible at lecturing worse at answering direct questions. by far the worst teacher i've ever taken! never take one of his classes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2003
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

All I can say is ... uhhhh ... what is he talking about. Don't even bother asking a question, he's so wordy and clinical that you'll be more confused than before you asked it. The sad part is, I find cog psych fascinating, and he makes it suck

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH4511
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Speaks slowly, has trouble finding words, talks about past studies a lot.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COGNITIVE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

nice guy but boring lectures. just read the textbook and the articles he posts on his website and you can skip the lectures. exam questions are posted on the website too, easy marks if you do the work.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HOW DID HE GET TO RE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT!? He is terrible at lectures. He expects you to write what is on the overhead as well as what is he talking about at the same time...Not helpful or compassionate to students. Sidetracks. Never take his class

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I don't know how or why he is the department head. He obviously knows his stuff, but his lectures were unclear at best and he stammers all the time. He wasn't very receptive to discussion, either.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 2003
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very interesting, but sometimes hard to understand because of fast paced lecture