Prof. Rivkin had a passion for the material that I thought might be passed on to me sometime during the course, but unfortunately, that never happened. Her lectures were transperency based, with the transperencies being oversized font skeletons of the material. The exams were surprisingly simple (esp. the final). I really advise anyone who's signed up for a class with Rivkin to reconsider. It's not that she's a terrible person. As a matter of fact, she seems like a very nice woman. But I've seen and had far more charismatic psychology professors. Rivkin seemed to be unsure of herself a lot of the time, relying almost solely on her personal written notes. It's a little hard to determine what kind of professor she'll turn out to be, since she received her doctorate only a couple of years ago, but I'm sure she'll improve with time...as for now, stay away if you can.