PSYC 2400

I really enjoyed this class when I took it and I found the material very interesting. There are clicker questions that give you extra points on tests. 4 tests, lowest one gets dropped and a final. Make sure you read the book as 20-30% of her questions on her tests come from the book.

Very cut and dry class. Fairly uninteresting lectures. Easy A.

Overall good class, albeit slightly boring. She is a fair grader, (if not an easy one). Definitely read your textbook and go to class if you want to get an A. Her tests are annoying (multiple choice) because they are of the a, b, c, a and b?, or none of the above format, which seems to test your understanding of the question more than the concepts.

Professor Llewellyn is an incredible professor. Her lectures are engaging and she often includes supplemental information about her past clients and her time spent with a private practice to help make the information clearer. She genuinely cares about her class and is always open to suggestions. One of the few professors at UVA who cares about her students and their success.

The subject could have been interesting but the lectures were so dull it was hard to take away any knowledge. She's very powerpoint based, which can be helpful when you want to remember what you heard in class. There is a disconnect from the tests and the lecture and book information that I couldn't seem to figure out

I took this course in Spring 2009, and from what I've heard not much has changed since then. The material is very dry, and there's nothing to be gained from lecture that you can't find in the book or the powerpoints. If you took AP Psych in high school, you will know all of the material already. I thought the class was pretty easy, though, so if you need to fill a requirement this class is okay. Otherwise, avoid.

I took this class because I thought it was going to be more about analyzing the "why/how" behind personality in people, but it ended up being more about the history of psychologists who studied personality and made theories about it. Also, you learn quite a bit about the research methods used by the personality psychologists. This class was extremely easy for me because I had taken psych in high school and I like psych very much. There were many people who had never taken a psych class before, though, and they sometimes had trouble grasping the concepts of the theories... but the professor explains everyone very clearly and makes it easy for anyone to understand. Don't listen to people who tell you it's super hard. It's not. My friends thought it was hard. It's because they never read the textbook. This class is very manageable. It's only a problem when you don't read the textbook before class. Then you will have no idea what the clickers are about, and you won't get enough participation points to get an A. Beware that the reading takes much longer than expected. The textbook is very... dull.

Prof L is a therapist on the side... she has a clinic... so in lecture, she speaks like one. It's very soothing and very relaxing.
She is a very kind person and very approachable.

The social-cognitive unit was the most interesting part. Go to lecture. And don't forget to bring your iclicker remote!
Psych students... take this class if you want a relatively easy class, because most of the concepts and theories you'll already know. You'll still have to read the book - there are lots of details that she covers in the exams.

she is really nice and you get to drop one of your test grades. clicker questions are pretty easy and they can become extra credit if you do enough. the class itself is not so interesting though

Llewellyn has some great stories and her tests are pretty easy.

This class was pretty interesting and overall easy. The textbook she used wasn't hard reading which was nice. She makes really obvious hints during lecture on what you need to study for on the exams. Participation and extra credit on exams are based on answering iclicker questions correctly.

The class was interesting but the professor was very monotone and boring. It has clicker questions for participation, so you have to go to class. The tests are difficult.

Llewellyn's a very nice teacher. Her voice sometimes lulled me to sleep, but when she got into her lectures it got to be pretty entertaining. She basically gives you the resources to study such as comparative charts on strength and weaknesses in her powerpoints.

Llewellyn is pretty boring, and it's really easy to drift off during her lectures. However, the class is really straightforward: if you go to class and do the assigned reading (which is fairly boring as well), then you won't get anything lower than a B+. Powerpoints are posted online and there are iclickers that count toward participation (she gives more than 100 but once you reach 100 you don't have to do anymore). It's probably not the best psych class, but it's an easy class.

The professor was really sweet although sometimes a little boring.. you have to go to class for the i-clicker questions. The subject matter was really interesting, and the exams were very easy if you read the book and went to lecture.

The professor seems nice, but the class was rather boring. The lectures seemed to go on and on and the material seemed all over the place at times. The wording of the test questions were unnecessarily tricky at times, which made seemingly easy tests a lot harder.

Very focused on theories and strengths and weaknesses of theories. Questions on tests are worded strangely.

Llewelyn is very nice and fair. Going to class wouldn't be necessary if she didn't require you get a certain number of clicker points. There are three tests (lowest gets dropped) and a final. She gives extra credit for correctly answered clicker points the class before a test.

lectures are boring and you could probably do well without even going. unfortunately the professor gives you iclicker questions for participation credit so you really have to go. however material is not hard and you get to drop one quiz.

This class was great. After taking other Psychology courses at UVA which turned out not to be at all what I was looking for, this was a good return to the regular or normal type of psychology work/studying I am used to. Professor Llewellyn is really accessible and nice to talk to during her OH about the subject matter, her professional work, or for advising. Very interesting course -- I have a much more detailed understanding of the major theories as to how personality forms and changes. You will get out of the class what you put in, and the effort that you put in will come in the form of reading and studying the text.

I took Psychology in High school and then AP psych senior year, so i though personality psych would be a in depth view of one branch of psychology, but u was disappointed. There's a lot of detail, but most of it i already knew, lacked the understanding or "Personality" that i had been seeking, more than anything, all I've learned is that personality is whatever you want it to be, nothing more nothing less.

Pretty easy class. Reading and multiple choice exams. Extra credit helps out. Good professor.

Very easy class. Reading slides and going to class will give you an A without reading the book.

It's nice that she allows you to drop your lowest normal test but she makes the final exam the last day of exams and her tests are based around her personal opinions brought up in lecture, not the book or the readings that are so tediously boring. if you dont go to class you miss out on possibly gettin 10 points added to each of your tests. Not as easy as the grade distribution would make you think, full of psych majors.

This class is pretty easy if you do the readings, going to class is not essential since she just reads off the power points that she posts.

This class was pretty easy if you keep up with the readings and go to class.

The course material is very interesting, but sometimes the lectures can become quite boring. You can learn a lot about the way that the mind functions.

This class is incredibly unorganized and very very boring for the topic presented. THe only plus is that she offers lots of extra credit in class of material covered the day before, theres 3 tests and a final and you can drop the lowest of the first 3 test grades. After getting what should have been a 101.5 on the first test with my extra credit points, i stopped going as often. Final counts for a huge percent of your grade though, so just be aware of that.

so like all the other comments, she's a bit boring. she tries though. she repeats the important info a lot so thats helpful, but she kinda treats students like little kids. she went slowly before the first exam, but the second section she went faster, and for the third section she's going even faster. her slides are informative, but kinda poorly done. i took psyc 101 and so far ive gotten a+ on the first 2 exams, but ive gone to every lecture and paid attention about 1/2 the time. its an interesting topic.

Incredibly boring lecture, the book is horrible, and she takes a potentially interesting subject and kills all interest in it.

The lectures were a bit boring and monotone, but I got an A- and never read the book. You get to drop 1 of 3 tests so that was pretty awesome.

Lectures can be boring, but the information is useful.

Easy class. Nice professor. Review section helps a lot. Just attend the lectures and you will do fine. Most of the test come from ppt. Just need the book for case study example. She gives out extra credits and all that.

Prof. Llewellyn is a really nice lady, but her lecturing style can get really dull. She presents information clearly enough but seems to just read off the slides, more or less. She has a few interesting stories from her experience as a therapist. The class material and book are really interesting and pretty easy to understand. I didn't think the tests were too bad, especially with all the extra credit you can get through quizzes in class. Plus you get to drop your lowest of three tests.

terrible class....Llewellyn is boring. Tests are hard but extra credit helps out. Puts lectures on toolkit so if you absolutely cannot take another day of her, you can just skip. do not take this class

She's really nice and very helpful, but her lectures are a little dull, so it was a little tempting to skip them. However, it's really hard to get an A on the tests if you never go to class or get the notes from someone else. She does post the outlines for her notes online, but that doesn't always help. Sometimes, there's a lot of articles and studies you have to read, but they're not too difficult. If you take good notes and go to all the lectures, then getting an A in this class shouldn't be a problem, espcially since you get to drop your lowest test grade.