Leda Cosmides

fascinating class, BUT the material tended to get a little confusing (after the mid year exam)which didn't count for anything. I lived at the TA and prof.'s office hours and managed to pull off a B+. Grade is based on final which is scary but if you understand the notes you WILL do fine.

She seems to love teaching. She was always laughing while lecturing (not too sure at what) There was a bunch of random fascinating things discussed but she does tend to read off her notes. You can definitely ace this course without the text everything is in her lecture slides she provides online. There was a long cumulative final but it wasnt difficult

If you want to sit in a class filled with chicks while a nerdy soccer mom babbles for 2 hrs...take this class. The class met once a week and let me just say...the entire course couldve been taught in ONE SESSION considering how much the teacher BABBLES on nonsense! disliked this class with a passion...not difficult...just POINTLESS with outdated text.

I enjoyed this class a lot. Prof Cosmides is so intelligent and she has so much knowledge to share. Sometimes she gets a little off track or gets so excited about a topic that she stumbles on her words. But if you sit through the courses, you will learn from her. She posts the slides but you will miss a lot if you don't attend class.

As most people have said, the class is based entirely on the final. For this class it was around 120 questions but nothing to difficult. Most of the courses I attended I just ended up lost or she just ran through them because she was out of time. If you are not really interested in Evolutionary Psych don't bother taking this class

It was a real honor taking a class from one of the pioneers of evolutionary psychology. Although sometimes it seems like she has a difficult time articulating her thoughts for courses, she is a wonderful creatively intelligent prof.. Having her as a prof., in my opinion, increased the value of my education. Definitely take this class!

This class has so many fascinating topics. A lot of the experiments discussed were designed by Prof Cosmides and her team but she is the expert in the field so it didn't seem too biased. Grade is 100% based on final which I found to be trickier in this class than in the other class she teaches but if you study, you'll do fine.

This class is alright. I think there are better psychology courses out there though. The material wasn't bad. The idea of having your grade based on the final is scary. Just study the lecture notes read when you feel lost and you'll be fine. I got a B.