Selling my Paperback Course Reader. It has some light underlining in it, but other than that is in really good condition. I took this class in Fall of 2020, but used a Course Reader from 2018- which Kellman said was totally fine. He's swapped out some of the readings, so note that this reader might not have ALL of the readings you need for your quarter, but when I took this course, my class mates were kind enough to send me PDF's of the articles I was missing. The readings are DENSE and your grade is based entirely on discussion of the readings, so it was definitely helpful for me to have a hard copy as opposed to the online PDF version. $40 (includes shipping). Email alexnashton@gmail.com if you want it.

This was my first seminar class, and I want to let ppl know that this class is very different from other lecture classes. The general structure is mostly to do readings at home, come to class to discuss it, and the professor would lead the discussion& clarify important things. We are not informed of the participation grade/ paper grade but only know a final letter grade, but here are a few things that I think are important
1. Participation matters. In the syllabus, participation takes 30 percent of the grade!
2. The workload is HEAVY. For each lecture, we need to read 1-3 papers (30-100 pages). In order to do well in participation, you need to be prepared, which means to do the readings. The professor may also call people's names to ask questions if he thinks those people are not active in discussions.
3. Papers are long. We wrote an annotated bibliography (~15 sources) and a final paper. The final paper was 6-10 pages single spaced
4. BUT, you will find the lectures very interesting if you do the readings. Professor Kellman is very knowledgeable& esteemed in this field, and I really did learn a lot in this class

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.