Professor Parkinson was wonderful! She was super engaging and attentive to students even though her class was online. She was super patient and understanding, and she makes the textbook feel worth reading as well. Highly recommend!

Great professor, and the material in very interesting. I took classes on Zoom, and she was very good about posting recorded lectures. She was very clear and engaging, and lectures were interesting and included short, relevant videos.

This class was AMAZING. It was not only incredibly interesting but also the easiest class I've ever taken at UCLA. Professor Parkinson was awesome. I HIGHLY recommend taking this class.

This class was so interesting! Not to mention well organized with a very favorable grading scheme. Professor Parkinson uses two stage exams which allow you to get back some points on questions missed. I feel this helped me learn the material more deeply as well. Just a great class! Definitely take!

Carolyn was seriously the best. She is such a clear lecturer and breaks down concepts to make them easy to understand. I took it spring 2020 so this quarter she uploaded lecture videos by concept which was super helpful. participation in discussion is required for your grade, including 3 reflection papers that are due at various dates throughout the quarter. the tests were tricky, you really had to read what it was asking, and some questions required that you had read the textbook and not just rely on the lecture material. in all, this class was really interesting and i recommend!

Very boring lectures and towards the end of the quarter, many people stopped going to class. Although it is boring, the material itself is interesting and exams aren't too bad, but be prepared to take the exam in groups.

Go through the slides, and you will be fine. Don't miss the discussion session!!! and need to read some concepts from textbook.

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I expected this to be a great class but I HATED this class. The material was interesting but it was presented in a way that made me hate social psychology. I did my best to have a good attitude all quarter but it was a struggle.

It's NOT all definitions: its also applying definitions to situations. I saw that review here and followed the advice of pure memorization and it didn't suit me well on the first exam.

you do have to read the textbook, and participation in discussion is required.

overall i'd take it with someone else.

The class was graded on three exams (each noncumulative), three reflection papers, and discussion participation. As long as you put in the time to review lecture slides and read through the textbook, there's really no reason why you wouldn't get an A. All the concepts are intuitive, and she explains concepts pretty clearly. Exams are broken up into an individual section and a group section; for the group section you just redo the exam with three other people, and it only helps your grade. Overall, a really reasonable class and definitely recommend!

Parkinson is very quirky. She will literally stare at the clock and start the class right at 2 PM. She repeats herself way too often, and honestly I only came to class because I had friends in it.
That being said, the material in this class is AWESOME. If you've taken any sort of sociology/psych class before, you will know a good amount of the material. I didn't touch the textbook, which was totally fine for the first 2 exams but she annoyingly added a good amount of textbook questions on the final which really tripped everyone up. HER/THE TAs NEVER REMIND YOU ABOUT THE 4 POINT REFLECTION PAPERS- DO THEM AHEAD OF TIME/KEEP UP WITH THE SYLLABUS I forgot about 1 of them so I got 1/4 points which is a big deal in a class where exams are out of 25.
The 2 stage exams are cool but also if you're a quick test taker you have to sit there for a while waiting for everyone. You also find out what you missed very quickly which can be stressful.
Overall, great class, but they try to get you with small things. Attend discussion, do the reflection papers early (they're stupid easy as long as you do them on time), know the definitions, and you'll get an A.