Honestly my favorite professor yet. She was the nicest person and so funny during lecture. She is naturally so animated and really makes the class interesting. If you get the chance I heavily recommend taking her. SO SO good!
LOVE! Never took a psych class before, I honestly prefer her way of teaching with the 5 mini exams. She sends out reminders of exams and such - Made the lectures clear as well as the outlines. Sections were even nice to go to as well. Overall, if I could take her again I would in a heartbeat and go to her OH more.
Love her so much! She is a great teacher and is passionate about her students.
She is such a sweet and funny professor; great at teaching in an engaging way for beginners PSY1. She is very approachable. It is easy to follow along and she keeps her class engaging. She cares about her students, would loveeee to take again
Thayer is a very intelligent professor however, she expects students to know so much information. During the final exam I overheard her telling another student that they should leave their answer as is but would not tell me what an abbreviation in the question stood for. Memorize every little detail on her slides & you'll be fine.
Pop quizzes are free points, she gives you the answer. Online quizzes are also easy (google). The first exam is super easy but it gets a lot harder after that, midterm was harder than the final in my opinion. Get a good grade on MT1 so you can let your grade go down a bit after!
I absolutely LOVED Thayer, people make her out to be challenging here but she is very clear with her students - put in the time to study and you will receive a fair grade. She is super passionate about the subject and hands down my favorite teacher at UCSB because she got me to fall in love with biopsych. Tip - annotate the slides for notes :)
Class was really hard but she does give you all the info you need in lecture. Print out the lecture slides bc she moves fast. Entertaining lectures, very detail heavy tests. My average on online quizzes was lower than my exam grades so study hard for them or they'll drag ur grade. go to office hours, she is very approachable and willing to explain!
Great professor! Really makes the class interesting. However, MEMORIZE all of her slides then you will be fine!
Really great professor, she prepares you well for the exam. Study the lectures for the tests and pay attention to things she says that are not on the slides. You could still be tested on them. Pop quizzes are extremely easy
Great and passionate professor! Must attend lecture, textbook is important, and tests are specific and difficult but if you keep up, review, and study you will be fine! One of my favorite classes and professors! So kind and helpful!
Amazing professor, really made the class enjoyable and interesting. Hard material but the tests are fair. As long as you study youll do good