Reviews of professor Theone Paterson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst prof I have ever had at UofT. She tested minute details (e.g. asked us the name of a participant in a study), and her lectures were just direct copies of the textbook. I was really excited to take the class as the material is really interesting, but she made me hate psych and wish I was never in it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this course just for fun and it didn't let me down. It was very interesting. People did get upset that she tested minute details, but coming from a life science major background it was nothing new. I thought the material was presented in an interesting manner and I believe if you really invested time tests were fair.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She tried to make class engaging, for example by showing videos in class. I learned a lot from the course, but it was challenging. Make sure to write notes during class, because she sometimes tests material she says out loud, and that isn't in the textbook or on the slides. Also, try to remember basically everything, including the DSM criterias.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think people should cut her a bit of slack. As a new prof I think this year was truly trial-and-error. Was the marking and testing inconsistent? Yes, no denying. But the class was not as terrible as people are making it seem. I can tell she is good at heart. Interesting course material made tedious studying more enjoyable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Did I receive a good grade? Yea. Did she ruin my interest in abnormal psych? Yes. I get that she is a new prof and has no idea what she is doing but I came to uoft for education. She has no idea what she is talking about and she was wrong many times. She wants detailed material to be memorized that is just not feasible. WOULD NOT TAKE EVER!