do yourself a favor and avoid this class at all costs. genuinely if you need the grade just avoid. class structure is completely abnormal, there is no slides. u are required to show up for attendance having read the required readings for that day and then you just listen to the prof talk the entire time about it. there are 20+ readings with 20+ pages each that you have to memorize for exams, he does NOT tell you whats important. he also disappeared and we had subs/had the TA teach prior to the midterm which was actually laughable bc they were a mess. wish i had a different TA too, he makes the most useless reviews of all time. I honestly cannot fathom how this class is made for students to "learn better" because I have never done worse than I have in this class.

Dr. Kellman is great! He has a genuine PASSION for teaching. He is very relaxed and isn't pretentious at all. He really tries to make the class as entertaining as possible. I think he realizes that not everyone enjoys the subject and only takes it for the core req's, but he wants everyone to know the importance of vision, hearing etc. His tests are EXTREMELY straightforward. If you don't do well on his tests, you need to evaluate how you study. His questions comes from the book and his lectures...period. He doesn't play games and he is very approachable. Take the time to get to know him..he is a great professor!

I took this class when it was being co-taught between Dr. Liu and Dr. Kellman. Dr. Kellman taught the second half of the course. While his lectures took a little getting used to because of the professor's somewhat scattered organization, they were an overall success. He posts his lecture notes online, so I would recommend just sitting back and taking in everything he has to say. His final exam was VERY fair. All you need to do is look over the review questions he posts online from each chapter and you'll be set! Overall, this class was a bit tough, but if you do your work, the A is definitely possible. Dr. Kellman is also a very nice, laid back guy. Recommended.

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Professor Kellman is very intelligent and engaging, but he does make his students think for themselves. It's all discussion based - basically you just read articles and discuss them in class. For this reason, the exams were hard, because there was SO much material and it was hard to pick out the important stuff and know what would be on the test. I personally really enjoyed the class even though it was challenging. A great introduction to cog sci that goes over tons of the important ideas from the entire field.

Dr. Kellman is wonderful! I do not know what that student who gave him a bad review was talking about... he was anything but 'incoherent', and didn't talk too fast at all (by the way, it's "endure", not "undure"). He's by far one of the very few professors who's actually enthusiastic about teaching that I've encountered at UCLA. He's got a great sense of humor, which makes for great lectures. His tests are very fair, and there are no surprises. I especially loved how there were 2 non-cumulative tests and no cumulative final exam... really made my finals week a lot more bearable. I would definitely recommend Dr. Kellman to all psychology majors.

Professor Kellman is really nice. I thought the material was interesting for the most part but he does have a tendency to complicate concepts in lecture. (Fortunately, I had a really good TA [Valerie Carr] who explains things quite well.)

However, he is really enthusiastic about the material and tries to get everyone else excited about it too, which is endearing. Kellman cares about his students; he always answers every question--in class or on the online discussion board--to make sure we understand the material.

Also, he is pretty easy (I got an A and I didn't study as much as I should have). His tests (1 midterm and final, 35% each) are 50 multiple choice questions in 1 hr. 15 min. All questions come from the textbook or lecture. They are very straightforward and very fair. He also posts study questions from the book to help you focus what to study for the exam which is really helpful. The other portion of your grade comes from a 5 page paper and weekly homework assignments called minilabs, 15% each. His grade distribution is very generous too. I think almost 70% of the class got As or Bs. He also offers extra credit if you participate in experimetrix.

Overall, I would definitely recommend Kellman. I thought the material was pretty interesting, and he's really nice. It is not hard to get an A.

okay, so the material a little dense/boring/dry. But Kellman makes it pretty interesting. He's funny, and he is a good professor. If you read the text, attend lecture and take notes, and go to discussion, you should be fine. He even offers extra credit. I got B's on both exams, an A on my paper, did all the hw (which is really easy) and went to every discussion and ended up with an A-. I would recommend him. You can't expect this class to be easy, so don't give the professor bad ratings for something that is pretty difficult to begin with.

Ugh...this class. Dry, boring, and I had to entertain myself from falling asleep in class.

I agree with the below post that he really makes things more confusing than they really are.

Doesn't seem to know his own material well, and is not prepared when people asks him questions, and often admits he doesn't know the answer.

Interesting material, professor sucks in terms of teaching. Horrible.

Dr. Kellman was one of the best professor I've had at UCLA. On the first day of lecture, I could already tell that he loved the topic and he was passionate about teaching it. He tried really hard to teach us the concepts and kept us up-to-date with everything! (The Blackboard is filled with announcements.) He encouraged our use of the discussion board and answered every question we had. Although the material is not the most interesting, his enthusiasm made it more interesting. I would definitely recommend this professor.