Reviews of professor Ilan Shrira

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He only focuses on certain subjects in his lectures. You HAVE to read the textbook because exams focuses on small details that he doesn't teach. In my opinion he is not a good lecturer, he is not passionate when teaching the subject.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Honestly, if you go to all of the classes and actually do the readings + the extra credit, there's no way you'll get anything under an A. I recommend! Also the prof let us out like 20-30 minutes early every single class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A great teacher, and interesting lectures that were actually fun to attend. And something else: Everything he discussed was actually applicable to your life, more than any psychology class Ive ever taken. Highly recommended!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really smart dude and definitely wants his students to understand things and do well. Classes are interesting and hes a really nice guy to talk to. Youll have to know stuff from class and from the textbook, so study both. If youre looking for one of the Intro psych classes to take, take this one.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Shrira has a deadpan lecture style that may only appeal to some. I was one of those people. I really enjoyed his content and he got students to participate in class in a meaningful way because he would take their ideas and explore them further. Anyone can get an A, but only if they go to class and actively participate or take notes.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Also wanted to mention he's the type of teacher who gets lost in his own story telling (disclaimer- he goes in depth on the sexual/ evolutionary components). I could always sense his curiosity in every example and story he told. It made the lectures feel authentic as compared to simply feeding us terms and reading definitions from a powerpoint.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I was looking back at my notes and I have to say I learned a lot from his lectures, though at the time I might have not appreciated it as much. I will say, he had the strangest but most memorable examples and stories. The topics were super introspective (regret, motivation, biases), each supported by correlations, facts, and engaging examples.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
easy a. he will test on some material from class, so show up sometimes

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not a great teacher, but he means well. I learned more from the textbook than I did from class, but enjoyed how relaxed the class was. Go to class and copy down the powerpoints, read the textbook chapters thoroughly beforehand, and you'll do fine on the tests (all multiple choice!) Class is super interesting, and an easy A