Trott is a great teacher, his lectures are engaging and he gives good examples to make the lecture content interesting. However, although Trott is a great lecturer, he is not a great professor. As a summer course the material moves extremely fast, and Trott makes it very clear that he does not care for his students’ time. We are given a 2 day period to take tests, neither of which take up a class, and one of which is a Sunday. There are no review classes, and tests are given outside of test time. One of the tests was assigned to Sunday-Monday, the Monday of which was a Holliday so we were forced to take the test on a weekend or a day off. The material is difficult so this makes this more difficult. In addition, Trott’s tests are written horribly. They are as confusing as possible, each question specifically designed to trick us. He also makes sure that all of the questions are outside of the material we have talked about, making sure that he answers no questions outside of the material that could potentially reflect a test question. So, he teaches the basis of the material and refuses to teach anything deeper. Therefore, the test questions are not only extremely confusing and badly written, but they require a deep understanding of the material which he refuses to provide in class. If you care about your GPA do not take this class, if you do not, the material is intense and interesting, but tests make this class extremely stressful and not fun.

Professor Trott is a great lecturer. He works hard to make sure his lectures have a narrative-like flow which is really helpful considering we cover so many different experiments. He is very well-spoken and clearly explains each experiment/paradigm without overcomplicating them. All the lectures are also recorded.

The class was made up of 80% exams. There were 4 exams throughout the quarter, each being 5 question short answer and noncumulative. Each exam was worth 20% of your grade. The other 20% came from weekly quizzes on Bruin Learn which were multiple choice, had unlimited attempts, and kept your highest score. Your two lowest quiz grades were dropped. He also offered extra credit where your lowest test score would increase by 5% (1% of total class grade) if you attended one of the UCLA neuroscience presentations and wrote a half page summary about it (which he posted the schedule & links to access the talks).

This class is super interesting and a great blend of the psychology of learning and neurobiology. You also get to learn a bit of the history of psychology! I strongly recommend taking this class, especially with Professor Trott. It takes work, especially with how frequently you're taking exams, but it is very worth it and doable!

Just a heads up, the first unit draws heavily from Psych 110 content (Pavlovian vs Instrumental Learning, S-R vs S-S* associations, etc.) so it may be useful to take this class soon after you take 110, but you can definitely be successful in this class without a strong 110 background.

this class is notoriously not a fun one for psych and psychobio majors so i was nervous to take it, but i ended up really enjoying the content a lot more than i thought i would. professor trott is engaging and very intelligent and by all means wants you to do well! the material can be confusing at certain points but he does a great job of incorporating real life examples so it's easier to process. the weekly summaries are very simple (1-1.5 hours MAX) and are very helpful for collecting your thoughts at the end of every week. attending office hours was also very helpful, as well as attending the TA's discussions, although not mandatory, helped a lot too. you definitely have to put in work to get an A but his grading system is very fair, and the exams 100% reflected what was talked about in class. i didn't even mind studying for the class because it was so interesting and i learned so much! if you end up wanting or having to take this course i would definitely recommend to take it with him!

The class was interesting and Prof Trott was very fair. Things changed as the quarter went on since he is a new prof and is trying out new things. I would recommend taking the class but you do need to be on top of the lectures since there is a short weekly summary. The grading system was very fair and there were 2 midterms and a final. overall I would recommend.

Professor Trott has got to be one of the best psych professors out there. I went to his office hours all the time and even if I knew a concept I just sat there and listened to him because he has a great way of captivating people's attention and explaining things.

This class with him was not an easy A-- you definitely have to put in effort to get an A. But if you do make sure you understand the concepts throughout the quarter, then I don't see why you wouldn't get an A. Just make sure you understand the content while he's teaching it and don't cram.

Point distribution:
25% homework (~1 page weekly summaries)
25% midterm 1 (30 questions + 1 extra credit free response)
25% midterm 2 (30 questions + 1 extra credit free response)
25% final (30 questions + 1 extra credit free response)
For people who didn't do well in one category, he decreased the % weight of that category and increased the % of the others, regardless of which category it is.

Professor Trott explains things very well, and he answers MANY questions during class. He does care about student learning, so I would definitely recommend him as a prof.

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i took 100a with trott, which i found to be pretty easy and was excited to take another course with trott again. from the beginning of this course, trott made sure we were aware that this class is difficult and that we would truly have to put the work in to receive an A. he was definitely right - this class has some pretty abstract concepts that you genuinely have to sit with in order to grasp! i believe the class avg for the first midterm was a C (?) and the second midterm and final were Bs. what helped me get an A in the class was rewatching lectures, and taking very detailed notes (i would write down the majority of what he would say in class!).

though some concepts are tricky, trott genuinely is such an entertaining and fun lecturer, and the class material is quite interesting. you can tell he really cares about the students learning and making sure lectures are engaging. overall, i would recommend this class to people who are willing to put the work in! i learned a lot and would love to take a class with trott again (probably an easier course though lol)

Trott is my favorite professor. If he teaches a class, just go ahead and take it.
He is understanding, patient, and if you care to build a bond with him he will do the same.
Psych 118 with him was the move. 3 exams each 25%, not cumulative, 15% assignments (x2) , 10% weekly summaries. The class is definitely loaded with content, but all I can recommend is paying attention in class. That is really all you need to do to understand-- listen and ask questions in class (he always happily answers them).

Take this class! It was tough, but it was worth it.

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Really interesting orator. He's great at making difficult concepts more digestible and making the material more engaging. Would really recommend if you have to take 110. Everything in his class is fair, tests aren't trying to trick you, you get what you deserve and what you put in. Overall 10/10

As a psych major Trott is 100% my fav professor at UCLA. He is very smart and explains concepts very clearly, his slides are great, the assigments are always helpful for understanding content, and the content is interesting. I have taken 4 classes with him in the 2 years I was at UCLA and I cannot recommend his classes more. I also took 100A, 110, and 115 (over the summer online) with him.

I would recommend anyone who has to take psych 110 to take it with Professor Trott.
Firstly, the lectures are very engaging, and have summary slides that are very helpful. They are also recorded, though I usually chose to attend in person.
The weekly summary assignments are a wonderful way to have reviewing material be rewarded, and I was thankful for the multiple choice non-graded quizzes that were provided to review and test independently.
The only thing that was unfortunate was not being able to go back and forth between questions on the exams—I often like to check my answers at the end.
However, I understand it is to make sure that no one cheats.
I was able to learn about so many studies and found the psychology of learning to be really interesting. The material is taught in a digestible way; and the professor was always to answer any questions from students through in class questions or online discussion questions.
All in all, I really gained a lot from this class—of course the professor teaching about learning is good at making sure that we do in fact learn!

Oh also the textbook is not required reading, I didn't find it too helpful.