Trott is a great teacher, his lectures are engaging and he gives good examples to make the lecture content interesting. However, although Trott is a great lecturer, he is not a great professor. As a summer course the material moves extremely fast, and Trott makes it very clear that he does not care for his students’ time. We are given a 2 day period to take tests, neither of which take up a class, and one of which is a Sunday. There are no review classes, and tests are given outside of test time. One of the tests was assigned to Sunday-Monday, the Monday of which was a Holliday so we were forced to take the test on a weekend or a day off. The material is difficult so this makes this more difficult. In addition, Trott’s tests are written horribly. They are as confusing as possible, each question specifically designed to trick us. He also makes sure that all of the questions are outside of the material we have talked about, making sure that he answers no questions outside of the material that could potentially reflect a test question. So, he teaches the basis of the material and refuses to teach anything deeper. Therefore, the test questions are not only extremely confusing and badly written, but they require a deep understanding of the material which he refuses to provide in class. If you care about your GPA do not take this class, if you do not, the material is intense and interesting, but tests make this class extremely stressful and not fun.

Professor Trott is a great lecturer. He works hard to make sure his lectures have a narrative-like flow which is really helpful considering we cover so many different experiments. He is very well-spoken and clearly explains each experiment/paradigm without overcomplicating them. All the lectures are also recorded.

The class was made up of 80% exams. There were 4 exams throughout the quarter, each being 5 question short answer and noncumulative. Each exam was worth 20% of your grade. The other 20% came from weekly quizzes on Bruin Learn which were multiple choice, had unlimited attempts, and kept your highest score. Your two lowest quiz grades were dropped. He also offered extra credit where your lowest test score would increase by 5% (1% of total class grade) if you attended one of the UCLA neuroscience presentations and wrote a half page summary about it (which he posted the schedule & links to access the talks).

This class is super interesting and a great blend of the psychology of learning and neurobiology. You also get to learn a bit of the history of psychology! I strongly recommend taking this class, especially with Professor Trott. It takes work, especially with how frequently you're taking exams, but it is very worth it and doable!

Just a heads up, the first unit draws heavily from Psych 110 content (Pavlovian vs Instrumental Learning, S-R vs S-S* associations, etc.) so it may be useful to take this class soon after you take 110, but you can definitely be successful in this class without a strong 110 background.

this class is notoriously not a fun one for psych and psychobio majors so i was nervous to take it, but i ended up really enjoying the content a lot more than i thought i would. professor trott is engaging and very intelligent and by all means wants you to do well! the material can be confusing at certain points but he does a great job of incorporating real life examples so it's easier to process. the weekly summaries are very simple (1-1.5 hours MAX) and are very helpful for collecting your thoughts at the end of every week. attending office hours was also very helpful, as well as attending the TA's discussions, although not mandatory, helped a lot too. you definitely have to put in work to get an A but his grading system is very fair, and the exams 100% reflected what was talked about in class. i didn't even mind studying for the class because it was so interesting and i learned so much! if you end up wanting or having to take this course i would definitely recommend to take it with him!

The class was interesting and Prof Trott was very fair. Things changed as the quarter went on since he is a new prof and is trying out new things. I would recommend taking the class but you do need to be on top of the lectures since there is a short weekly summary. The grading system was very fair and there were 2 midterms and a final. overall I would recommend.

Professor Trott has got to be one of the best psych professors out there. I went to his office hours all the time and even if I knew a concept I just sat there and listened to him because he has a great way of captivating people's attention and explaining things.

This class with him was not an easy A-- you definitely have to put in effort to get an A. But if you do make sure you understand the concepts throughout the quarter, then I don't see why you wouldn't get an A. Just make sure you understand the content while he's teaching it and don't cram.

Point distribution:
25% homework (~1 page weekly summaries)
25% midterm 1 (30 questions + 1 extra credit free response)
25% midterm 2 (30 questions + 1 extra credit free response)
25% final (30 questions + 1 extra credit free response)
For people who didn't do well in one category, he decreased the % weight of that category and increased the % of the others, regardless of which category it is.

Professor Trott explains things very well, and he answers MANY questions during class. He does care about student learning, so I would definitely recommend him as a prof.

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Trott is a great professor who clearly explains the content of 100a and is very understanding for any issues that may come up during the quarter. The class's content is not very difficult, and the lectures are very clear and offer all the information needed for the exams. I definitely recommend taking this class with Trott, as he is super friendly, funny, and kind.

Like so funny and weird class. Each time that you get a correct answer you get a ridiculous encouragement. I never went to lectures but I still mostly managed even though I am not a big coding person. I highly recommend taking stats 10 before this class so that you have a good R background. Also the professor was funny. The labs are dumb though hahah. Not that much work mostly doing the textbook.

great class for 100A, fully recommend

I thought Professor Trott was a great professor and really wanted to make sure all his students understand his course. I joined in two weeks into the quarter and he reached out to make sure I would catch up which I thought is very thoughtful and considerate of him. There were some terminology that I wasn't aware of and when he used them, I get lost in the lectures. However, I thought the class was easy and manageable if you made the effort. I would love to take him again!

Professor Trott is an engaging and passionate lecturer. I was initially nervous to take this class because I did not enjoy/do well in Psych 110 with a different professor. But Professor Trott provides extremely enthusiastic and clear lectures that actually made the material so much more understandable and enjoyable for me. He is very accommodating: he gives lectures in person & live streams on Zoom & posts the recordings. Your grade is 20% weekly online quizzes (only 10 questions each) that you have unlimited attempts on. The remaining 80% are 3 "midterms" and 1 final. They're all non-cumulative and consist of 5 short-answer questions. The nature of the exam format is a little daunting because they're all short-answer responses but I was able to get an 100 on each exam by just rewatching lecture recordings and spending time reviewing my notes and the study guide he provides. Overall, highly recommend taking this class or any other class Professor Trott teaches!!! 10/10