Almost never reply to email and really rude

Tough grader and please don't take this course EVER

Easy and interesting material, but tests are full of tricky questions. Not super accommodating to students.

Zoe is the worst Psychology teacher I have encountered in my three years at UCSB; apart from Erin Horowitz. Her tests are riddled with tricky wording and pedant details. She is immensely un-empathetic toward students and is clearly here for research. I don't know why these people are rating her positively, because she is truly a TERRIBLE teacher.

This class was deceivingly hard simply because Liberman's test questions can be complex and confusing. You gotta thoroughly know the exact studies and their implications that are mentioned in the lectures. There's no textbook, but a few interesting papers that you'll go through. She's really nice, but the tests are difficult and closed-note.

The Prof made a great transition to online class. This class is fascinating, w lots of interesting videos in lectures and concepts that were explained very well. This class was so interesting for any1 interested in psychology. She seems like a really good person too, someone Id be friends with! Favorite class Ive ever taken at UCSB

She's followed by Obama on Twitter but I bet that if Obama met her in real life he would unfollow her. Professor Liberman is not empathetic nor understanding that students may be going through struggles during a pandemic. She's not accessible and she clearly writes in her syllabus that you can not email her and if you do she will not respond.

She really gave us a midterm on election day despite knowing the stress everyone is going through...........

She was not very helpful during office hours. She can be kinda cold and kinda seemed to annoyed to have office hours.

I'm not sure why her rating is so low, I personally enjoyed her class the concepts were very interesting. Honestly just go to class and put in the effort to study and you'll get an A. Grades were mainly based on one midterm and one final. It also had some online surveys and clickers for a small part of the grade.

I really liked her, her lectures were engaging and the tests were quite reasonable. I literally forgot about her midterm and entered with no prep and it was fine, her lectures cover pretty much all the relevant material so if you show up and take decent notes you'll be ok!

Meh. Whole class grade based on two tests. You can retake the midterm which is the only real good thing about this class. Handled COVID poorly, no leniency or sympathy for the students which is funny coming from a psych teacher.

I quite liked her, very straightforwards and lectures were engaging. Lots of cute videos. Pretty easy honestly, with some extra credit available, but 95% of your grade is midterm + final so there's not much hw to boost your grade. No curve because of the extra credit but you probably won't need it.

Dr. Liberman is a great professor, she is really passionate about the material and is a good lecturer. She shows lots of videos and gives lots of examples making the class easier. Attendance is via iClicker and is for extra credit. She also posts all her slides online and the reading is just research articles. Loved the class!

Her test questions are unreasonably difficult. It seems like she phrased them badly on purpose. Also extremely rude over email but is somewhat nicer in person. Would never take again.

I do not understand all these bad reviews! Professor Liberman is a very clear lecturer, she explains things well, and her slides are straight forward. She gives extra credit for iclickers and lets you retake the midterm. The lowest grade I got on a test was a 98%. If you study and go to class, getting an A is TOTALLY doable.

This class was great, despite some bad reviews on here. Zoe is a very clear lecturer, and the iclicker was a great help bc it raised my grade by 2% overall. If you go to all the lectures, do the iclicker, and review the lecture slides before the exams, youll do fine! It also helped me to annotate the slides as she talked through them.

Dr. Liberman is a very kind, knowledgable, & helpful professor. It's obvious she wants everyone to do well- she gives you 5% of your final grade solely from extra credit points (lecture iClicker participation) & you're even allowed to retake the first exam for a better score. No textbook reading, interesting lectures and overall great prof!

If you go to lecture and take good notes on what she's saying rather than copying the slide, you'll get an A. She shows a lot of videos in lecture, which makes lecture feel short. Take note on what happens in these videos! She lets you retake the midterm as well. I don't understand the bad reviews; she truly knows her stuff and how to teach it!

Dont miss class if you want to pass. The whole grade is based on the midterm and final with a chance to retake the midterm. Exams are based on lecture and readings she provides. Study study study. Failed the class the first time I took it and got a c- the second time.

She gives tons of extra credit and her tests are very fair and not cumulative. Her lectures are fun and she includes interesting at home activities and fun iClicker questions and she includes some informative videos too. The classes averages were around 75-85 for both the final and the midterm and you got to retake the midterm.

I really don't understand all these bad ratings... I loved this class so much! I paid attention in lecture and wrote good notes, studied the night before and easily got an A in the class. Dr. Liberman is a little standoffish BUT she is really smart/explains things really well and seems to really care about students doing well

She is very inviting to attend office hours but is not very friendly, warm, or open to questions. She came off cold and standoffish. She's really smart but gets frustrated when students ask fair questions in class.

Liberman is so nice and informative, she really is just so knowledgeable. You don't need a textbook for the course and the exams are a little rough. But, if you take your time when reading them and really study the material from lecture, they're really not that bad. Iclicker participation counts for points too which really boost the end grades!