Stan is a brilliant professor! I didn't end up with an A in his class but I did learn A LOT. I loved his lectures and the content is fascinating. He provides many studies and examples to explain concepts. You'll def have a new perspective on psychology and science after taking his class. Do study more than you think is enough for the exams.

Second class I have taken with Stan. Absolutely love the teaching style and his ability to truly teach the subject in a digestible way. Seriously an intelligent man and is truly passionate about educating us. If you're okay with no posted lectures and taking notes from audible lectures, highly recommend taking this course and any other he teaches.

Incredible professor. Really has an ability to explain lecture material in a fun, engaging, and interesting way, most likely due to his experience in the field and passion for the topic. If you enjoy listening to an intelligent mind and don't mind taking notes from audio only, this is the perfect class for you. Truly cares for his students.

Stan is an amazing individual and a great sense of humor! I think the class is comprehensive to a certain extent because the lectures contain no powerpoints so nothing to reference besides handwriiten notes and audio recordings. The exam looks easy but it's difficult once you carefully read the questions. It is ambiguous and really not that clear.

the type of teacher who reminds you what its like to learn and not just memorize! encourages questions and is super approachable and straightforward. Definitely the best teacher I have had at UCSB!

Taken him twice, The best lectures ive had at ucsb, really peepeepoopoos on psychology as a whole. highly recommend, his textbook is $100 though, something to do with the publishing company. you can skip the textbook but you'd probably a B+ in the class tops (unless you're me I guess)

Best psych lecture I've taken at UCSB

Stanley Klein was one of my favorite professors at UCSB. I took him this past summer online and his lectures were extremely engaging. He is not the typical professor, instead he is into going deeper into the meanings of things and looking for the real truth. He won't through facts at you. If you aren't into thinking, you won't like this class.

Absolutely the best professor in the psych department. Theres no visual aids, but you can think of his lectures like theyre a fascinating podcast. I took his Identity and the Self course and currently taking Memory. Once you take one of his classes, youll see overlap in content and test questions, so Ive hardly studied or read the book. Easy!

He is one of the best professors in my college life. Really inspirational on ideas and thoughts, helpful to answer questions. Clear lectures.

Such an amazing lecturer! He's not your traditional psychology professor but he provides more of a critical thinking lens. Grades are based on only two tests but if you pay attention in lectures and do the reading, you should be great!

As an online class, I was not a fan. He just rants a lot and doesn't have slides or any sort of structure to the class. Nothing on Gauchospace expect for the lectures. Seems like a pretty pretentious dude the way he talks about himself but that's just personal opinion.

Best guy around! Klein saved me by letting me join his class end of week 2 so I could drop a different class, and hasn't let me down since! He wants the best for you and knows his content well. His lectures are recorded videos of him talking without slides, but if you pause to take good notes you will do well. The class is just a midterm and final

Stan is the homie! I did horrible in his PSY 160 because of not doing the readings, but I took his PSY117 and ended up acing that course! Stan is an amazing lecturer and by far one of my favorite professors at UCSB. You really have to put in the time by doing the readings, watch his lectures, and go to his office hours if you really want the grade!

His lectures were very clear but I wasnt a fan of him not having lecture slides to present his lectures. Also I didnt do well in his class despite writing down almost everything he said throughout his lectures. Take this class on your own risk if youre not use to no lecture slides availability. However, as an instructor hes marvelous.

Yes he is funny. Yes he is sarcastic Yes he seems nice. BUT. he goes on so many tangents like going all philosophical where his teaching style is just not something normal. We get it you have awards for your teaching style that doesn't make you the best professor because you go against what everyone teaches. He can get boring and tedious.

Hands down best professor at UCSB. Took his classes 3 quarters in a row & I would take them all again. Klein is the GOAT

He's really funny which makes three hour lectures fly by. Tests are easy and the questions are very repetitive, if you can answer one, you can answer four others that are just the same question reworded.

Klein is one of those profs that effortlessly conveys their brilliance. His expansive knowledge within the field of psych is incredibly unique and his teaching style is unparalleled in conciseness and efficacy. Honestly, I had trouble with some of his journals bc he is just so philosophically intricate. Left class feeling inspired and refreshed :)

His class isn't what I hoped to be. I didn't learn as much about memory as I wanted to. I appreciate the philosophic nature of his class, but his tests are random and don't reflect the knowledge gained in the class. There are no slides, so you can't study unless you pay attention to lectures fully. The class isn't challenging in the right way.

I was an exchange student in UCSB, 2016. I took two of his classes and they were amazing! I love his teaching style, he had never used power point as lecture material, but it was his humor and stagerring explanations that made me focus on his every single lectures. I still miss him and his lecture a lot. He is the best teacher in the world,I swear.

Definitely my favorite psychology professor at UCSB. His way of teaching is really interesting and the information usually sticks in your head easily. His exams are straight to the point. He doesn't care to trick students in any way. The course itself is really interesting. Highly recommend him because he's an amazing professor!

This course was not exactly what I expected, I'm not sure if I ever gained more of an idea of "what the self is" but he makes it clear that no one really knows what it is anyway. Interesting topic and amazing professor! Only graded on the midterm and the final, but if you pay attention you'll do fine! Stan is the best professor I had at UCSB!

This was possibly my favorite course I took at UCSB. If you took PSY117 some of this will be a review, but all of his courses kind of mesh together and I loved them all. Don't skip class and you'll do great, but warning the final is the ONLY GRADE. I loved that, but it can scare some people off. You owe it to yourself to take one of his courses!