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Dahlia Zaidel
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Prof. Zaidel is an EXTREMELY easy professor & psych 10 is an EXTREMELY easy class. There is a lot of material to read, but if you j/read it thru once & understand it, you'll do fine on her exams. Her accent makes her difficult to understand at times, but it's endurable. You should go to lectures time-to-time b/c she does test you on things from her lectures that are not in the book readings, but she pretty much gives a huge signal as to what those items might be. It does get difficult to stay in there for the entire 2 hrs every 2x a week, but hey, that's the price for taking an easy GE class. Overall, I found this class to be very interesting in terms of the material learned, & Prof.Zaidel was quite humorous. I don't think she meant it to be, but some of the things she said were HILARIOUS! So, if you need an easy GE w/an easy professor, take this.
Prof. Zaidel is an EXTREMELY easy professor & psych 10 is an EXTREMELY easy class. There is a lot of material to read, but if you j/read it thru once & understand it, you'll do fine on her exams. Her accent makes her difficult to understand at times, but it's endurable. You should go to lectures time-to-time b/c she does test you on things from her lectures that are not in the book readings, but she pretty much gives a huge signal as to what those items might be. It does get difficult to stay in there for the entire 2 hrs every 2x a week, but hey, that's the price for taking an easy GE class. Overall, I found this class to be very interesting in terms of the material learned, & Prof.Zaidel was quite humorous. I don't think she meant it to be, but some of the things she said were HILARIOUS! So, if you need an easy GE w/an easy professor, take this.
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This is a great honors course, very easy and somewhat interesting (the best you can ask for in HC, I think). You'll basically talk about different artists and how brain damage affected them, along with some psychology experiments on different sides of the brain. The midterm and final are super easy (40 questions multiple choice and the average score is around 35) and there is one paper/presentation. Highly recommended.
This is a great honors course, very easy and somewhat interesting (the best you can ask for in HC, I think). You'll basically talk about different artists and how brain damage affected them, along with some psychology experiments on different sides of the brain. The midterm and final are super easy (40 questions multiple choice and the average score is around 35) and there is one paper/presentation. Highly recommended.
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Fall 2017 - This was one of my favorite classes that I have taken at UCLA. Professor Zaidel is a great professor, and you can tell that she genuinely cares about her students' success in the class. The class is graded only on 3 25-question exams, so you need a 69/75 or higher to get an A (class is straight-scale). The tests are extremely fair. Everything in them is clearly covered in the lectures or in the assigned readings. The assigned readings were scientific studies relating to what was covered in class. There were only 2-3 readings assigned per exam. Lectures were clear and easy to understand. They are not posted online, so you need to make sure that you come to class everyday and take notes. Zaidel lectures at a steady pace, so getting all the information is not a problem at all. A lot of the material is actually quite interesting. Zaidel is passionate about the material, which makes the lectures more engaging. A lot of the material is supplemented by videos and references that help you remember. Outside of class, Professor Zaidel is helpful and welcoming of any questions you may have. I recommend taking this class. As long as you show up to class, take notes, and memorize everything covered, you will get an A.
Fall 2017 - This was one of my favorite classes that I have taken at UCLA. Professor Zaidel is a great professor, and you can tell that she genuinely cares about her students' success in the class. The class is graded only on 3 25-question exams, so you need a 69/75 or higher to get an A (class is straight-scale). The tests are extremely fair. Everything in them is clearly covered in the lectures or in the assigned readings. The assigned readings were scientific studies relating to what was covered in class. There were only 2-3 readings assigned per exam. Lectures were clear and easy to understand. They are not posted online, so you need to make sure that you come to class everyday and take notes. Zaidel lectures at a steady pace, so getting all the information is not a problem at all. A lot of the material is actually quite interesting. Zaidel is passionate about the material, which makes the lectures more engaging. A lot of the material is supplemented by videos and references that help you remember. Outside of class, Professor Zaidel is helpful and welcoming of any questions you may have. I recommend taking this class. As long as you show up to class, take notes, and memorize everything covered, you will get an A.
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Had her over the summer for 119L. We had two exams, weighted equally and each had 40 multiple choice questions. The questions are very fact based and straight forward, so if you came to class, took notes, and paid attention to the readings they were pretty easy. One of the most helpful study tools was making notecards with the disease/where the damage was located/symptoms since the bulk of the material is based on that. She doesn't curve, but that doesn't really matter since the class average was around a 90% anyway. Overall class was easy and the professor was totally adorable. She didn't want us recording her lectures, but she spoke slowly and clearly enough that it was easy to take notes and her accent was delightful.
Had her over the summer for 119L. We had two exams, weighted equally and each had 40 multiple choice questions. The questions are very fact based and straight forward, so if you came to class, took notes, and paid attention to the readings they were pretty easy. One of the most helpful study tools was making notecards with the disease/where the damage was located/symptoms since the bulk of the material is based on that. She doesn't curve, but that doesn't really matter since the class average was around a 90% anyway. Overall class was easy and the professor was totally adorable. She didn't want us recording her lectures, but she spoke slowly and clearly enough that it was easy to take notes and her accent was delightful.
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Winter 2021 - Professor Zaidel has incredible insight into pressing issues for psychology and neuroscience. Previous reviews commented about her exam questions, but I always felt like they were fair and super straightforward. To do poorly in this class you need to give it some effort. Come to class, take notes, read the articles, and go to her office hours before the exams because she will give you the scoop on questions that will come up. If you do the basic requirements, you will do extremely well and be engaged by her topics.,
Winter 2021 - Professor Zaidel has incredible insight into pressing issues for psychology and neuroscience. Previous reviews commented about her exam questions, but I always felt like they were fair and super straightforward. To do poorly in this class you need to give it some effort. Come to class, take notes, read the articles, and go to her office hours before the exams because she will give you the scoop on questions that will come up. If you do the basic requirements, you will do extremely well and be engaged by her topics.,
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Alright. Had HC 64 with her. Experience? Horrible. She sucks as a professor. She's so defensive as a scientist. Bias and bullshit. She always tries to imposes her own ideas on you. I never believe in Psychology or Neuroscience. I don't think they are really science. I become more skeptical of them getting out than getting in. But the class was easy like shit. I flunked on essay. I didn't take half of the notes. Fell asleep in class. Late all the time. Hate all the easily impressed people in that class. But the tests were so easy even pigs can do it. I only studied 3 hours before both finals and midterms and yet I got a B+ (Yeah didn't really study, but that's alright for me). So it's a very very easy GE. It just makes you hate psych more. Such a subject that is full with vacuous crap.
Alright. Had HC 64 with her. Experience? Horrible. She sucks as a professor. She's so defensive as a scientist. Bias and bullshit. She always tries to imposes her own ideas on you. I never believe in Psychology or Neuroscience. I don't think they are really science. I become more skeptical of them getting out than getting in. But the class was easy like shit. I flunked on essay. I didn't take half of the notes. Fell asleep in class. Late all the time. Hate all the easily impressed people in that class. But the tests were so easy even pigs can do it. I only studied 3 hours before both finals and midterms and yet I got a B+ (Yeah didn't really study, but that's alright for me). So it's a very very easy GE. It just makes you hate psych more. Such a subject that is full with vacuous crap.
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took intro to psych..easiest A of my life...i didn't go to lecture just read bold terms and take the quiz..although, if ur shooting for A plus u shud prob go to lecture there are maybe like 1/2/3 questions per 25 question quiz that is only covered in lecture..at least thats what i thought...but ye i used the time slot i had for the class to go gymming instead.
took intro to psych..easiest A of my life...i didn't go to lecture just read bold terms and take the quiz..although, if ur shooting for A plus u shud prob go to lecture there are maybe like 1/2/3 questions per 25 question quiz that is only covered in lecture..at least thats what i thought...but ye i used the time slot i had for the class to go gymming instead.
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