easily one of the most interesting psych classes I've taken. there's 3 exams total and the top 2 are taken. I would say the exams are a little tricky just because they're all application based questions and you don't have a practice or study guide going into it, but I rewatched all the lectures before the exams and was able to only take the first two exams. this meant the course practically ended in week 7 for me since I turned in the additional assignment early. there's two writing assignments that are the same prompt and one-page requirement each; you basically find an article online about a topic related to health psychology and summarize and critique it. prof tomiyama also offers a percent of extra credit for doing sona studies!

Take this class! Dr. T is an excellent lecturer, her class is well organized, and she cares about the success of her students. There is not textbook, she assigns interesting articles that are FREE, best 2 out of 3 exams and 2 short writing assignments. Extra credit for Sono participation. This was a genuinely enjoyable class. If you aren't sure how interested you are in working in health psych, take this class anyway for the interesting content and with a professor who cares about learning. The class isn't designed to be stressful it's designed for you to get invested in the topics and want to learn more.

This class is extremely interesting, and Dr. Tomiyama is such an outstanding professor. She’s super sweet and really engaging; you can tell she really loves what she teaches. I would definitely take this class again with her.

While this class was incredibly easy, I can't recommend taking it. The professor is quite plainly a regressive ideologue, and it's apparent that this clouds her empirical thinking.

I enjoyed coming to this class every single day. Professor Tomiyama made lecture so engaging and the material itself was super interesting and applicable to everyone and everything. Also no books at all which is a plus, just weekly readings that are often short. Three tests and you drop your lowest one so if you do really well on the first two you don't even need to do the last. 10/10 would recommend!!

Take good notes during class, because that's what the exams are based on rather than the readings. But overall an interesting class that is an easy A!

A little background on me: I'm a psych major with less than a 3.0, so you know not the sharpest tool in the shed. Maybe I just don't care enough. Regardless, this class was not only actually interesting but pretty simple/straight forward too. I got an A with ease and didn't even take the final, which is saying something for me. Take this with her!!

Omg!! I cannot say enough wonderful things about this class/ Dr. T!! She is a fair grader (drops the lowest exam, allows extra credit), she is engaging and passionate, and the class material is interesting/applicable!! All I did to study was review her lecture slides (the exams are 100% based on slides) the day before and I ended up with an A *didn't even have to take the final*. Her weekly "readings" are short articles (usually two per lecture) and she asks 2-3 iclicker questions about them which are really easy and you will get right if you simply read through the pdf. You don't have to purchase anything for this class if you already have an iclicker! Seriously, this class is AMAZING and one of the easier psych classes I have taken. I learned so much and it was a GPA boost. I highly highly recommend!

THE TWO REVIEW REGARDING THIS BEING A DIFFICULT CLASS IS WRONG!!!!
Dr. T is the BEST professor I've had at UCLA. It sucks that my schedule literally allowed me to never attend office hours and couldn't schedule anything since my days ended so late.
She makes lectures SUPER engaging and she's so interested and pumped for health psychology that I went in with 0 ambition about it and came out of the class wanting to learn more and wanting to take another class with her. She is super charismatic and very engaging with the students. She uses Piazza and responds super quickly unlike many professors.

She's a VERY reasonable grader:

Exams: 3
-Drops the lowest score
-Completely based off lecture which is nice since lectures were bruincasted so you could always return to them.
- VERY fair exams
-No trick questions and no "All of the Above" or "Two of the Above" or "None of the Above" answers - AMAZING!

Clicker:
- As long as you get a total of 75% of the clicker questions (some points for correctness and others for just answering) you basically get 100% in the participation section of the class which allows you to forget your clicker at home or not attend lecture (although I recommend attending since she's a fun lecturer)

Extra Credit:
-She offered 1%extra credit for Psych Sona
-Offered .5% for doing evaluation!
-Thats like 1.5% extra credit.....

TAKE HEALTH PSYCH WITH DR. T! So good! You won't regret it. She's great and everything she lectures on it super relatable to real life. Seriously, the best professor in the Psychology department and at UCLA>

Made an account just to review this class. I wouldn't listen to the last two reviews; Dr. T didn't even teach Psych 150 Spring '17 so I'm not sure who's posting those reviews. She's a great professor, and health psychology is a super new and interesting field to learn about. I'd highly recommend taking this class. Also, as long as you study the lecture slides before midterms it's not difficult to get an A.