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.

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

This class is really interesting, and the professor does a great job on clearly discussing the topics involved without going too far in depth to where it becomes a solely neuroscience class. You study a lot of experiments and their outcomes.

For every test, there is a study guide and review session that is very helpful, and there were 4 non-cumulative exams throughout the quarter. Tests were very fair and free-response.

Highly recommend taking the class, especially with Trott. One of the most interesting and enjoyable classes I've taken so far.