Did PSY 111 as a flipped course. Very informative and did a great job explaining hard material. Also a lot of exam questions are on the study guides.

Initially, I didn't get the structure at all. I stopped going to lectures after week 5. Started using lecture time to study and make flashcards and it paid off. If you write clear notes and understand basic college study strategies you'll be alright. Study hard before tests and you will do well.

Lecture slides often out of order, quickly breezes over material that needs way more explanation. Structure: watch 1hr lecture (takes 2hrs), then go to class to go over the same slides+ more. 2 midterms and final online, and up to 3% added to grade for an essay q graded on completion. Class can be frustrating, but A is very doable.

I took Psy111/211 in 2022. I really don't understand the negative feedback. Dr. Kippin is such a chill guy and you basically only have to watch and understand the lectures. Just put some effort into it and you'll be rewarded. Also, he knows his stuff.

His lectures are very loaded but watching them a couple times definitely helps! He was very chill during the pandemic, easy A as long as you do the quizzes and pay attention.

Tod is the most understanding and caring professor during the pandemic. There were no midterms this quarter, just weekly quizzes & he gives you the question a week in advance. There are group projects as well but thats how I was able to make a study group for this class and the final was based off the quizzes he gave throughout the quarter.

Tod was the most caring and easiest professor I had this quarter. He really cares for the success of his students. He gave us the quiz questions a week in advance. The question are straightforward and covered in his slides. His lectures can be a bit monotone, but nothing 1.5x speed can't fix.

Todd has been the MOST ACCOMMODATING during the pandemic. He genuinely cares for his students and literally did everything he can to teach such a difficult and heavy loaded topic. It is a LOT of material, so his lectures were very heavy, but what can he do? He literally gave us quiz QUESTIONS before starting it. Amazing professor.

Is very difficult to understand and does not care about his students. He is unfair and very cruel, especially during the pandemic. I am baffled that a Psychology teacher can be so un-empathetic toward his students. His lectures are difficult to comprehend and some of his test questions are very unclear. I highly recommend to stay away from him.

Todd Kippin is very knowledgeable; that is irrefutable. However, he's a TERRIBLE LECTURER and does not use concise wording. This makes his quizzes very difficult too. I have to stop his lectures every few seconds because of how much information he tries to compact into a single slide. This becomes an issue when there is 3 hours of lectures a week.

Let me tell you how to get an A in this class. First of all: don't bother going to his OH. I got a C+ on the first midterm and I go to his OH and he basically tells me I won't make it in the field. So I started recording his lectures and listening to them A LOT. I skimmed the textbook and focused heavily on the slides. Boom, A. Suck it dude.

Yikes. Dr. Kippin's voice is so incredibly monotone you can hardly pay attention. Slides contain WAY too much info, and he goes through it too fast. He sometimes ended lecture late just because there was so much material to get through. Tests were fine as long as you studied his practice exams, he reuses MC questions and free response questions.

Kippin knows what he is talking about but in his lectures, he just goes through them super fast. You barely have time to understand him and lectures are feel overwhelming afterwards. The tests are tough so make sure to study. There is also a writing part to the tests but he gives you it beforehand. The sample question is the actual question.

Dr. Kippin knows a lot about the subject and is very passionate about it. His lecture slides contain SO much information and he goes through it super fast, so be prepared to for that. His tests arent too bad, he re-uses the MC questions and the essay question from the practice midterm so study those. Dont waste your money on the book.

The curve is great. The class is informative and you learn a lot. He teaches very clearly and his lectures flow nicely so if you pay attention you won't be left with questions. The class involves a decent amount of self-teaching, but if you're interested in the subject matter you'll be fine

I love Dr. Kippin! He is pretty lenient in that you can probably get away with solely focusing on his lectures, but I thought the book was an excellent/detailed introduction into the field of neuroscience, and I really appreciated the way his lectures were organized and presented. I found his perspective on the material to be fascinating/unique.

Don't go to lecture, it's not necessary. Just read the book, don't even look at the slides, and you'll be completely fine. He reused MC and essay questions from old midterms on GS. His tests are NOT solely based on his slides. Honestly not a difficult class to teach yourself, as I just crammed during the 3 days before each exam.

Lectures can be heavy and boring, but here's how you get an A: 1) Go to class & record the lecture. 2) Re-listen to the recorded lecture after class & take notes (I know. It's tedious, but it'll be worth it). 3) Don't read the book. His tests are solemnly based on his slides. 4) Look at his old midterms - those ?'s will also be on his exam.

Not bad of a teacher, read the slides over and over again and you will most certainly get an A with the curve (which is huge)!

Absolutely brutal to sit through these lectures. Interesting material but he manages to make it unbearable. Talks like he's memorized a textbook, flies through his slides without really explaining anything even though he's been talking a mile a minute.. Worst class so far in the department. Avoid at all costs.

If you want to get a good grade in this class, you simply have to put in the work. The most important thing to do is start memorizing his slides, word for word, the day he makes them accessible. Do the practice problems before any test too. The more times you go over a series of slides, the more straightforward his tests will be. I promise.

The material is really interesting but he seems bored to be there and talks really fast so it's a pain to go to lecture. Flashcards and practice are a must to passing. He skims over information so I would recommend going to office hours and reading the textbook. Read chapters before the lecture so you can actually follow what he is talking about.

Dr. Kippin throws a lot of information at you in this class. However, he is extremely helpful in office hours and available by email. On top of that, although the exams are hard, the class is curved to the highest degree allowed at UCSB, so you'll almost certainly get an A or B.

Omg, I never did so bad in any class and I've never felt the need to rate any professor before. STAY AWAY FROM THIS GUY. The amount of information he packs in each lecture can be a whole class by itself (no joke!) and the information is poorly organized. His slides are the same. JUST A NIGHTMARE.