Professor is a very caring and wonderful professor. His exams are extremely straightforward...as long as you understand the material, you're ok. The homeworks were very easy, just very tedious work.

His lectures were kinda boring but every so often you'll learn a thing from his talks. Just read/skim the book and you're fine.

As for his grading..yes..it really does suck..i got a 92% B +....it isn't Stigler's fault, it's the psych department fault because of their strict grading policies.
I definitely recommend taking Dr. Stigler's class.

Do not take him! Ignore the falsities of his rating. He seems easy, but it is decieving cause in the end he screws you over with the curve. I had a 92% in his course, with A's on every test and was curved down to a B+! Another classmate told me his 93.5% was also curved down to a B+! What happens is you think you are running a high grade but out of nowhere his curve drops you a letter grade! The whole quarter i was expecting an A or an A- when I got a 95, 92 and 91 on the 3 tests and full credit on all the homeworks and homework quizes. But I should have known not to trust this professors.

If you do not care about your grade, Stigler is okay. He tries to engage the students, but fails with boring examples and lectures that seem designed for those want to catch up on sleep. It is much easier and more effective to skip class and learn the material from the book. If you have a specific question or dont understand something, Stigler can explain it well, but the material is easy enough that one read through can teach you a 50 minute lecture in 20. He also assigns a lot of homework every week, tons of busy work that is very uninteresting and takes alot of time. This homework is only accepted during lecture, so you are forced into attending lecture atleast once a week. Eventually though you will learn to sneek in as class is ending with the claim that "the homework folder skipped me".

If you care about earning a fair grade, I would definately recommend against taking Stigler. If you do take him, watch out because he will deceive you very much. If you understand the material and get in the mid 90% range on his tests, you will think your are on the right track. Getting A's on every test and perfect on every homework and homework quiz, you will assume that you will get atleast an A-. Then when you go on URSA and find a B or B+, just remember that I told you so.

If you want to get an A in his class so you can get into that great Physiological Psych Ph.D program (or Law School for all of you posers), be prepared to get atleast a 97.5 or 98% in the class, cause that is what his curve requires. And with no additional credit oportunities, you will have to counterbalance the curve only with 98%'s on tests. I guess there are some people Stigler's class would be good for: patients trying to reduce their nightly dose of trazedone. I'd estimate a 10mg decrease each week. You might need an SSRI after though to help you cope with how badly you got screwed. In PreLaw language: Stigler will help you give up sleeping pills, but you might need some Anti-Depressent medication after his class.