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A Kruglanski
PSYC489T Expecting an A- Anonymous 09/24/2024 |
I took PSYC489T in Spring '24. The class meets up once a week for about two hours. The weekly readings are really extensive, but the material covered is very interesting. Reading is a MUST for you to understand the course. The first half of every class is just a recap of the readings, and the second hand is just a discussion of their content. We get graded based on weekly discussion questions, a group presentation, and a final exam (taken online). Take this class if you are interested in group dynamics, and the psychology of motivated aggression! The class is really rewarding, yet it is also graded very fairly (I think everyone will get more or less an A or A-). As for Professor Kruglanski, you can tell he's really passionate and knowledgeable about his work, but he never comes off as condescending or arrogant. There are no "dumb questions", he'll gladly explain and connect concepts one doesn't understand. He's prone to going off on tangents but no one really stopped him because people enjoyed what he had to say. Everyone in the class ended up really liking Professor Kruglanski, and we even gave him a farewell gift/card at the end of the semester! Don't take the class if you're shy/don't like speaking up in class, because participation is mandatory (he'll call on people for their insight). |
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A Kruglanski
PSYC489H Anonymous 09/07/2015 |
DO NOT TAKE PSYC489H "Motivated Social Cognition". DO NOT TAKE IT. Worst class I have ever taken! Everyone in the class complained about it constantly. I was warned not to take this class and I should have listened. It only meets once a week but the weekly readings are insufferable. Don't be fooled by the high grade distribution, you have to work very hard to get an A in this class. Every week you are required to read exhaustingly long and difficult to understand articles and answer questions about them. Then, you discuss the articles during class. There is one group presentation and a final paper. These are graded extremely subjectively and openly criticized during class. Although Dr.Kruglanski is very smart, he is also demeaning, arrogant, and dismissive of any concerns. If you are thinking about taking this class because you are in the psych honors program or you need an upper level theme 3 requirement - FIND ANOTHER CLASS. If you already know that you really enjoy the topic of motivation, then maybe you will get a lot more out of the class. But if not, I would say it's not worth the time, stress, effort, and humiliation that you will endure taking this class. |