PSY 105
Zoe Liberman
3.2
83 reviews

83
3.2
PSY105 . 5 Years Ago

This class was super interesting! The lectures are easy to follow and the professor is very engaging. Test material comes straight from the lectures and you can get extra credit everyday as long as you bring an iClicker to class. Assignments include participating in online surveys that take about 10 mins to complete.

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PSY105 . 5 Years Ago

A solid choice for a psychology professor. She knows her stuff and on top of this class being easy in terms of information given, she presents it in a way where you can just study your notes and get a good grade. Midterm + final and offers extra credit from just going to class. *going to class is necessary as ALL questions on tests are from lecture

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PSY105 . 5 Years Ago

AMAZING PROFESSOR!! I do not understand these negative ratings, Zoey really cares about the students and takes the time to answer questions every lecture. The class is very easy if you take notes and study them. You can tell she just wants to teach students and help them. Her lectures are clear, simple, and interesting!

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PSY105 . 5 Years Ago

if you attend lecture and pay attention this class is not hard to pass. Zoe gives you plenty of opportunity to get a good grade. She gives extra credit Iclicker points and lets you retake the midterm if you didnt do well. Her lectures are engaging and she uses videos to make things more clear

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PSY105 . 5 Years Ago

Her lectures are too simplified or vague to be relevant for her exams. Per say, her exams are VERY TRICKY so form study groups, attend CLAS, or just find any resource you can. Otherwise, drop her course, wait for another professor because her lecture heavy style of teaching is not cutting it.

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PSY105 . 5 Years Ago

Liberman was amazing! If you show up to class and take detailed notes on what she says not what is on her slides you'll do well. Her tests are a little tricky and focus on the studies she goes over. It did not take a lot of outside work to do well in the class. Interesting course material made it one of my favorite classes at UCSB.

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

I wish she provided a textbook to go along with her lectures. Due to the fast-paced nature of her lectures, it was difficult to keep up and not having a textbook caused many students to do poorly on her exams. Exams were way too confusing and long. I hope she changes her testing style and provides more material for future students.

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

Easy class if you study. Tests are solely based on the lectures so just go to class to watch the example videos and study the lecture notes.

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

Dont do it, just wait for another professor to teach this class.

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

Her tests are entirely based on lectures, and the questions are worded in the most confusing way possible. But she bumps your whole grade by 4.5% if you just go to class. And there is a midterm retake opportunity. It's not impossible to do well in her class, but If you want an easier A definitely take the class with a different professor.

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

I entered this class hopeful and bright eyed and over the course of the quarter left disappointed and upset. Unnecessarily lengthy test questions meant to trick and confuse you. No textbook, meaning all lecture/slide material which is not nearly clear or specific enough. Saw her multiple times be rude, haughty and condescending to students. AVOID!

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

Be prepared to not have the necessary tools you need in this class to pass. She is not very approachable or good at creating a discussion setting within the class. The lack of textbook, vague slideshows, and little to no new information in lectures. Her tests are awful as they have too many trick questions that cannot be justified for a bad teacher

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PSY105 . 6 Years Ago

Be prepared to spend the whole quarter learning about babies. She is very unorganized, is kind of rude to students, likes trick questions, isnt helpful and frankly I wish I couldve dropped the class. Spare yourself the hassle.

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PSYCH105 . 7 Years Ago

I absolutely LOVED the class and didn't find it too difficult. Yes, the tests are tricky but as long as you read the questions carefully and know the studies really well, you'll do well! Don't take this class and expect an A if you plan on studying the bare minimum. Going to class is important because the slides don't have all the details you need!

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

I'm typically a really good student. Took this class w/a few friends and we all agree that this was such an unnecessarily hard class. Tests are ridiculous. Information way too specific on tests. Basically need to know every point possible. Be prepared to spend all ur time on this class. Lecture slides unclear. iclicker attendance. Rude in person.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

Worst professor I've had so far. She doesn't have a book so go to class. Her grading system was more confusing than her lectures. She said she would curve twice and ended up changing her mind last minute. Very unorganized. Her exam questions were a paragraph long and each answer was even longer. Unreasonably long and confusing.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

Have to go to class and take detailed notes, there's no other way to pass. Prob easier if ur interested in the material. Tests were hard but not impossible. She basically introduces a concept and gives two studies, one that suggests that the cause is nature and one that suggests it's nurture. If you organize ur info like that it's a doable class.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

Easy to follow lectures. Take good notes on each slide, study them not to details but to understanding, ask her in office hours what you don't understand, and you'll get an A.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

Liberman was a good prof overall. However, she did spend a lot of time on some things that weren't particularly relevant when it came to the actual exams. Her class was interesting, and she is clearly passionate about the subject. In order to do well in her class you HAVE to study. Her wording on exams requires careful examination.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

Serious/caring. Strong passion. Much knowledge. Simple sometimes fun lectures. Print out lectures before and fill in with what she says and some stuff she leaves off PDF slides. THOSE TESTS THO. Each Q&A was a novel. AND If you're not understanding the concepts: office hours. Don't whine abt lectures. Didn't lie abt curve- we didn't need one ^^avg.

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PSYCH105 . 7 Years Ago

lecture material was actually pretty easy. The hard part of the course were the tests. Questions were sometimes a whole paragraph or two long and extremely confusing. Answer choices were really similar sometimes. Its weird because you think you studied great but the test is just not well written and will screw you over.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

She spoke really fast in class so I HAD to record her lectures and re-listen! until she sent out an email saying that we weren't allowed to? Still did anyways. Didn't do well in the class because her tests were SO CONFUSING! If you tend to overthink questions like me, you'll end up failing no matter how much you study and understand the material.

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PSYC105 . 7 Years Ago

She is a sweet professor, but the class itself was okay. She talked a bit too fast and her midterm/final were quite confusing. It took me longer to figure out what she was asking than actually choosing an answer. I was disappointed by this class. Wouldn't recommend.

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PSY105 . 7 Years Ago

She did not make this class easy/enjoyable. Her midterm and final were worded very poorly (confusing, options longer than the question). Talked very fast. Hard to follow. She expected us to remember things she mentioned in passing. She said she would curve the class and went back on her word when grades were due. I would not recommend taking her.

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