Professor Givvin is easily one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. Not only is she an amazing lecturer, her commitment to student's wellbeing both inside and outside the classroom is above and beyond. Just when looking at her commitment to the classroom, she ends every class requesting feedback whether we believed the reading was to challenging or not and how well we felt our class discussion supported our learning of the material. I will say, there is a lot of article reading involved. Each class we were assigned 1-2 research articles and we spent the lecture time discussing them. The articles chosen are fair short (~5-7 pages) and are always extremely interesting or relevant towards our life as students. There are no assignments outside of the 2 midterms (MC) and the final (MC+short answer). You can either chose to have your participation (attendance) included in your grade or not included. If you chose to have your attendance recorded (through the use of Iclicker) you're allowed 2 absences for the quarter.

Brilliant professor who is very kind and sentimental about UCLA. The class had 3 big exams, two of which were non-cumulative and covered the first 12-ish lectures with multiple choice questions. The third exam was the final which covered the last 4-5 lectures as well as overarching concepts from all of the lectures (so kind of cumulative). The final was the only exam with short-answer questions in addition to the MC questions, but they weren't super hard. Just come to class. Seriously, she explains each and every research study that she assigns (I never read a single one. Okay, maybe one or two, but still!). Very easy class and very engaging. I did get a little annoyed by the use of iClicker questions in every single lecture, but that's just a personal dislike of mine, and I do believe they helped. Also EC given!

Professor Givvin's class was a wonderful learning experience! Her class lectures were thorough and engaging, she always paused to confirm student understanding, and her tests were easy to perform well on if you read the assigned readings (the first two are fully multiple choice, and the final is a mix of multiple choice and short answer). The readings, which are weekly academic articles, are digestible enough to understand, but if you ever find yourself stuck office hours are a great resource. Note that Professor Givvin does use iClickers, so be sure to go to lecture if you want those participation points. Overall, 133F was one of the best, most applicable upper division psych courses I've taken at UCLA and I would definitely recommend to take this course!

I cannot put into words how much I LOVED this class. Professor Givvin is absolutely one of my favorite professors at UCLA so far. I took this class while lectures were in person and exams were ONLINE, so your future experience may be different.

We were assigned readings to do before each lecture, and during lecture we did clicker questions (participation points) and Professor Givvin prepared slides that basically gave a very thorough run-down of the readings. She DID NOT post the slides on Canvas, but I didn't mind this too much, as I took notes on my laptop. (She also had a reading assigned on posting slides for classes, which I found to be very amusing and an interesting read.)

Personally, I was terrified that I would fail the exams because I couldn't do some readings in time, but this was NOT the case. Professor Givvin's lecture slides covered everything you needed to know on the exams (which were a blend of MC and short answers). Our TA, Fran, also had office hours held as a review session, and they ALSO prepared slides as review. These review slides were a LIFE SAVER for the exams.

She is absolutely the kindest, sweetest, and most caring professor ever, and it's so obvious how a professor of education can really change the environment of a class. TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO.

Professor Givvin is really sweet. You can tell she really cares about what she does and for her students. The only homework you have is readings, and these should be done before coming to class. She goes over the readings so much more in depth during class and it's super helpful. However, keep in mind that because you don't have any homework tests are weighed a lot more heavily. There are 2 midterms and one final. There were some questions on the exams that were a little tricky, but as long as you study the readings and have a basic understanding of each one of them, you should be fine. She has two grading schemes, one which includes a participation grade through Clickers and one that doesn't. She'll calculate the higher of the two at the end of the quarter automatically. Overall, I thought this was a super interesting class and that I learned a lot. I'd recommend it!!

Dr. Givvin is a very thoughtful and helpful professor and is incredibly knowledgable. Readings should be completed before every class but it does seem to be the case that many students do not read beforehand. Although she does cover the papers in depth in class, I would recommend that students do the readings for themselves to get the most out of her class. Overall, the workload is very reasonable and it is clear that she wants her students to succeed. One of the best classes I have taken at U.C.L.A. so far!

I took Psych 133 F with professor Givvin and she is very nice professor. You will see what I mean during quizzes. The articles are not too hard to read and if you pay attention to mostly the lecture you should be fine. I mostly skimmed the discussion section of each article before class and reviewed the power points. I got an A- but if I worked a little harder I could have gotten an A. If you can I highly suggest you take this class before it fills up. Its easy and you learn a lot.

Real Course: Psych 133F

DON'T LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!!! She is amazing, to say the least. As a lecturer she is very organized, clear and passionate about what she teaches. Not to mention, she is VERY attentive to student's concerns. The tests are simple because there are no curve balls. The only trick is that this class focuses on analyzing psychology and education articles and you get tested on the articles at the beginning of class. However, after the quiz (which is simple) she explains the articles in dept and encourages student discussion, experience and questions. YOU HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT A GREAT PROFESSOR IS UNTIL YOU HAVE TAKEN PROFESSOR GIVVIN! (Please don't miss out)

This professor really cares about her students learning and doing well in her class. She gives a lot of power to the students and gives them time to interpret what she said and ask questions for clarification. One of the nicest professors here, take her :) Her class is based on reading scientific articles. You do learn a lot :D

Givvin has to be one of my favorite Psych professors. She cares about her students, and the studies you learn about are actually very interesting! Most of them you can even apply to your daily life. I thought this course was very inspiring and I learned a lot. If you want an A, I wouldn't say you have to work too hard for it. Her questions on the midterm and exam come directly out of lectures, and she NEVER asks tricky questions; they are all straight to the point. That being said, she does give you a quiz via the iclicker at the beginning of each class. However, if you just skim the readings or simply read the title & abstract, you will most likely be able to answer all of the quiz questions which are again not meant to trick you. She also drops your two lowest quiz scores. I highly recommend her!