There is a reason why Goff's overall rating is high and it's because she's literally the Miss Honey of professors. Her class is not only easy, but the content you learn is just so useful and fascinating. Sometimes I wish we were graded on a little bit more because one missed assignment can lower your grade, even if you do well on the midterm. However, it's not difficult to do well in this class and I would for sure take it again.

This class is really interesting, really diving into the development of infants. It was a lot more fun than I thought, and it was cute seeing videos of Professor Goff's kids as examples.

There are two midterms and one final, but the lowest of the two midterms is dropped (so if you're satisfied with the first midterm, you don't have to take the second one). Exams were open note, so they were not bad. Definitely don't take the exams completely reliant on your notes- it wastes time and you won't be able to apply concepts properly.

There is 2 points extra credit (NOT percentage, just 2 more points added to your overall points). You have to get 2 credits of SONA studies which aren't bad.
The only homework you have is weekly written assignments that are based on that week's lecture topic. Make sure you look at the rubric to know exactly what you should be writing (to avoid points taken off for a minor thing, like the number of examples you should use)

Her lectures are well organized and each example builds on the other really well. If you're confused at first when she introduces a topic, don't worry. You'll understand once she finishes.
(She does talk very fast so be prepared if you use hand-written notes.)

Because we were online, discussion sections were not mandatory, so our participation points were transferred to our weekly written assignments. I personally did not enjoy going to discussion sections just for my own preferences, but you should definitely go because they're just summarizing the lecture material.

TAKE! THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY! You will not regret it, she is truly the best human being ever. She makes everything so applicable and understandable.

Professor Goff is truly wonderful! The only bad thing about this class was the fact that I didn't get to experience this in person. Yet, taking this class online was still a great way to do so. Professor Goff is super engaging, nice, personable, and sweet. Her slides are very well done and she even incorporated references and ADORABLE photos of her kids. I was interested in Developmental Psychology before, but this class truly helped me to delve more into the topic and learn more. Highly recommend to take this course. There were 10 written assignments (one each week) that weren't too hard to do, and part of it just asks you to list something you didn't really understand that week (WHICH the TA's would use to guide their discussion for the next week, genius.) Her tests are fair and you can drop the lower of the two "midterms" but not the final. I will say the second test and final was a bit more tricky then the first test, but nothing to bad since it was open note. Just focus on learning the theories rather then memorization. Overall, really recommend for anyone interested in dev. psych or wants a fulfilling and engaging class.

188B classes vary but the one I took this Winter was called "A Dynamic Perspective on Parenting" and it was excellent. We watched many documentaries, the lectures were entertaining, slides and audios of the lecture were posted on CCLE. The 4 written assignments were not difficult and I actually enjoyed writing them. The exams were multiple choice with one essay question (prompt was given in advance) and they were relatively easy as well. I love this class and I loved being taught by professor Goff! Take it!

Dr. Goff is one of the best professors on campus. Her lectures are very clear. This class taught me so much and I highly recommend this course. The material isn't heavy at all and it is a fun class to take regardless of your major. The exams are not hard and the four writing assignments are super fun to write and they are mostly about yourself. You will get an A with a bit of an effort. If you're looking for an easier psych course, this class is it! I would take this class again even if it was the hardest class on campus simply because Dr. Goff is amazing!

Professor Goff is one of my favorite professors at UCLA. She is so kind and is extremely engaging. She wants all of her students to succeed and will do whatever she needs to do to make that happen. Her exams are short answer, but they are directly from lecture and readings so there is nothing tricky about them. If you keep up with your work and pay attention in lecture, you will receive an A. Take all of her classes!!!! She is amazing!

Goff is a wonderful professor and person. She is very friendly and really cares for her students. She gives live lectures and also records them. I always looked forward to attending her lectures and she explains the material very clearly and thoroughly.

Her exams are relatively easy as long as she may attention during class and do the homework (which are just short written reports).

I had a lot of fun learning from this class and I highly recommend taking this upper div at the beginning of your college career since many of the other psych classes build upon the material taught in this class!

Professor Goff is a great professor who cares about her students and ensures that students have the experience possible. The material is interesting and the content is not too difficult however I do believe that in order to get an A you really do have to study the material in detail. Furthermore, I feel like people need to learn to separate their feelings for a professor from the difficulty of a class as I found the exams to be somewhat challenging.

Overall: 4
Easiness: 4
Workload: 5
Clarity: 4
Helpfulness: 5

As long as you go to class and reread the lectures the night before the midterm and final you'll be good. You kind of have to apply the info but not really. The exams were like 40-50 questions MC and not too tricky. She makes the lectures interesting by relating it to her own children.