Dr. Fiocco is an incredible prof! She is inspiring, knowledgeable, approachable, caring and extremely invested in her students? success. She went above and beyond any expectations to prepare students for exams, give feedback on assignments (before grading), and provide tutoring on difficult material for countless hours. TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER !!

Her exams are pretty fair but you MUST read the textbook and attend class. Overall, it was an absolute pleasure to be her student.

Prof. Fiocco was a great professor. Extremely patient, approachable and engaging. Classes are interesting and clear but you need to read your textbook to get the most out of the lectures. I highly recommend taking any class with this prof, but don't expect to be spoon fed...do the readings and you will do great in her classes.

One of the best professors I have ever had.

She is neither a great or terrible prof. At first,she was very confusing, but learned to adapt to the class and was a fairly good lecturer. High textbook usage, so if you don't like her lectures, 80% of tested material is in the text. But she does try to answer questions if you give her a chance. Class itself isn't so simple though.

Yes, this class is challenging. Come to lectures prepared, keep up with the readings, study hard, ask smart questions, and you can do well. Seems like there are a lot of lazy complainers in this class... you get back what you put into it people.

You MUST study/read the textbook. And as long as you read the exam questions carefully, you will do fine--but again,you must study. Attend class,but if you only concentrate on the textbook (reading it 2+ times),you may be okay as well.

Dr. Fiocco is the only HUMAN professor at Ryerson. She actually cares about well-being of students and listens to your personal struggle. The course is hard but if you work hard you will get an A like I did. It is well worth the try because the course material is actually interesting albeit overwhelming at times.

She's a great prof. Her classes are not easy and the material she teaches is challenging, but she really wants to make sure her students are doing well. Be prepared to work if you take a class with her! It's worth it, you will learn a lot.

The course and material are challenging but I felt as though she did her best teaching it all in the time we had. Really cares about students and wants to see them do well. Her exams are not easy, but she is more than willing to help during office hours.

Dr. Fiocco is brilliant and really cares about her students, but she is rightfully a challenging Prof as BioPsych SHOULD be challenging. She will bend over backwards to help her students learn and is a WONDERFUL Thesis supervisor! It doesn't hurt that she is stunning to look at, either!

Don't understand all the bad reviews... Sure, the material is hard - but hello, she didn't INVENT it, she just teaches it! I was really afraid of taking this class because I assumed it would be very hard. It IS hard, but she makes it very clear that she's available for help during office hours and she even sets up pre-exam tutorials. She cares!

I struggled with the course material, and still managed a decent grade. Dr. Fiocco helped me a lot, and was extremely nice. She has a tough exterior and is extremely professional, and will not baby you. Work hard, and you will end up with a decent grade, but she will not give you marks.

Professor Fiocco is honestly a great prof. She is very passionate about the subject and she knows what she is talking about. She has amazing slides which are so helpful for the exams, and she is a very engaging lecturer.

This prof is nice, but as a comment below said, her attitude is a little rude. She's called out students and embarrassed them saying things like. Overall, interesting class, material is easy as long as you study. 1 paper, 1 midterm, 1 exam, participation marks & 6 mini assignments. Says stuff in lecture that is not in the textbook, so come to class

I don't understand some of the comments but I guess everyone has their subjective experiences. I think she's absolutely GREAT, and if you seek her for help she can go out of her way for you. She marks fair and teaches material with a lot of enthusiasm and good clarity as well. Her tests are a bit hard but a fair representation of material.

Dr. Fiocco is a wonderful prof. She is familiar with the material, and her lectures are clear. This course offers an option of a practical project (doing a stress reduction workshop) instead of writing a paper. Midterm and final were hard, but you will do well if you take thorough notes on the lectures and text.

It's true - she calls students out unjustifiably. This happened at least 3 times. IE) 1 student forgot a piece of information that was covered a class ago and she claimed he must have skipped in front of the entire class... Otherwise shes nice, funny, knowledgeable. Tough marker - had her twice. Study everything WELL and you'll be fine. Ask Qs!

I really liked Dr. Fiocco. I found her lectures to be fairly engaging, the meditation exercises were helpful, and the mini assignments were great because they were super quick and easy to do but got you some marks, and you learned a little about yourself along the way too. My suggestion is to go to class and take time to seriously study the text.

She's seriously the best prof i have had at Ryerson. Not only did i love the class material but Fiocco teaches with knowledge and enthusiasm. She cares about students, i actually feel bad missing her classes because i was sick lol. Definitely not an easy course or professor but very fair - you've got to do the work. Would recommend to everyone.

I found her lectures interesting and I liked her use of personal stories to illustrate points. Breathing practice in class was really nice. The instructions for the group workshop were unclear and sort of nonexistent, but we figured it out. You have to come to class and pay attention, but that isn't hard because she's a great lecturer.

This course was definitely tough, talked a lot about physiology - it was very sciency (she studied neuroscience) and would often assume that many students understood all terms and this was not the case thus making it difficult to grasp. She will call students out especially if interrupting meditation. Very understanding and fair when you need help

Lectures were clear and concepts were not hard to grasp, however there is an extreme amount of content to cover. Tests are fair, but also tricky. Testable material overlaps with lecture and textbook readings. Go to class and complete the small assignments to boost your mark. In order to do well, you definitely need to put in the effort.

Great lecturer who genuinely cares about students - even held a tutorial during reading week to help prepare for the midterm. Course content is very interesting, and tests were challenging, but fair! If you like biology, you'll like the course. I aced it and loved it! 100% would take again, especially with this professor. Plus, she's super hot.

AMAZING professor - would take again.

You need need to go to class. Do not skip. Lectures are good and professor Fiocco is very knowledgeable and passionate. You need to read exam questions carefully and know the material. THIS course is good for real life.

Dr. Fiocco is one of the better ones. She so desperately wants you to pass. She even gives hints in her lectures on what will be on the exams. She is very fast, and very intelligent, so the lectures are dense and difficult, but if you visit her in her office hour she will sit with you and review any questions you have. Very difficult, but worth it.

Professor Fiocco is really passionate about the course material. She is enthusiastic about mindfulness meditation and connects it to her personal life experience. I really liked the weekly journal exercises we did. It was simple but really helped us learn the concepts. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in psychology.

honestly, it's a hard course and you have to work for it. there is A LOT of information to take in during the lecture (lecture notes and ppts are all I used). Dr. Fiocco really does want everyone to succeed (posted links from students for the textbook, passed everyone on the midterm, and happily clarified hard a concept for me multiple times).

I have a bg in bio so the content of this course wasn't so hard but def challenging. Dr Fiocco wants more more than memorization - she wants you to fully understand a concept through + through. Lecture content is heavy + dense. Difficult to schedule time outside of office hrs but she was happy to clarify anything during lecture. Enjoyed this class!

While this prof is a good choice, she has dense and heavy lectures and is somewhat unfair with tests. Thankfully I passed her class and her exams. The assignment was marked fairly and saved me and also there was an extra 10% for coming to class which also saved me and boosted my grade. Did not matter if you got the answers wrong on class questions.

If you have psych and bio background or have an interest in those subjects, this class is pretty easy. She does make the assumption that you have a basic understanding bio concepts, but shes really nice if u ask for clarification. you also get a free 10% just by showing up to class and taking a quiz (not marked).

Dr. Fiocco is a great prof. She is really kind, cares about the wellbeing of her students, and wants everyone to succeed. She is also very thorough in her lectures. That being said, the course I took was VERY content heavy (not sure if this is her specifically or just the curriculum), so get ready to work HARD. Her tests are also quite tricky!!

"Ultimately not prepared to discuss how racialization and marginalization affect peoples' lived experiences" This is not true whatsoever as we literally had a whole section about this. Fiocco was a great prof and while I had to work hard for the mark, I learned a lot of information I can apply to my everyday life.

There was a midterm, a final and a literature review. I personally found the exams straight forward - I suppose there were a couple of trick questions but if you study you'll be fine. I got a low 90 on the literature review because I followed the instructions to a T and attended the literature review workshop. She makes you work for your grade!

I loved the class "Models of Stress and Adaptation". We had a lot of smaller assignments that we did weekly for marks which I found enjoyable. The midterm and the final exam were straight forward and multiple choice; the only thing I had difficulty with was the literature review, but other than that it was good.

Fiocco has high expectations: you have to try in her classes and you won't do well if you aren't doing all the readings and putting in the effort. But she's actually really nice. She's very understanding but has little patience for students who don't put the work in. Go into her classes expecting it to be hard and expecting to work.

Fiocco is a great professor but you have to work for your mark. I feel that people do not do as well as they want and reflect this on Fiocco, but if you study and reach out for help, you can succeed! The professor is always offering to help clarify concepts and is easy to approach. It helps if you have some science background & complete the quizzes

She is an amazing professor. The course was very hard, but she explained things vey well and always helped and clarified things.

By far one of the most amazing professors Ive had in my university career. Her lectures are long but she is very thorough in answering every students' questions&makes sure everyone understands all difficult concepts. Tests are fair but you need to put in the time to study and review your notes. Would highly recommend taking this class with her!

Of course, this is a material-heavy course; it's literally Biological Psychology. Do her lectures take 3 hours? Yes. Do you have to memorize a lot? Yes. You'll get the material if you attend class and pay attention. Dr. Fiocco is a great teacher and her exams were fair. Just remember to put in an effort and have a positive mindset.

Fiooco is a really kind professor and enthusiastic in her teaching. She recorded the lectures with audio recordings which was really helpful if you missed stuff. You can definitely get away with not doing the readings and receive a B to A- if you listen to the audio recording. You have to put a decent amount of work in; don't blame the prof.

Although I did not receive the best mark in the class, she was an amazing prof. Made the content interesting and did weekly quizzes to see what we grasped. The exams were very tough though.

Fiocco is fantastic. The course is difficult, and you need to put in the work to succeed, but she is there for you during it. She gives bonus marks for answering questions in class and going to her review sessions. She has weekly quizzes worth 1% each, go to class to complete them, it is a free 10%. The content and her lectures are very interesting

Recorded lectures were a lifesaver. I struggle with bio do this course was hard for me — I had to study harder than I ever have before not gonna lie. She was kind, did mindfulness & breathing exercises to start off her class, and rewarded students for participation. There is a 3 question quiz each week, it's only graded by participation (free mark)

Professor Fiocco was the best professor I have ever had in TMU so far. She deeply cares and encourages her students to succeed. If you get a low mark she encourages you to talk to her during her office hours and will help you reach the mark you desire. Would recommend her but be ready to study about stress models with some bio!

This class is not easy, but it is so rewarding. Dr. Fiocco deeply cares about every single student. She is willing to meet for extra help and answer questions in class. She is the kindest professor I have ever had. I think her ratings are low because the course content is tricky, but I promise that no other prof could teach it as well as she can

Dr. Fiocco is so kind, I don't understand why her ratings are so low. She wants her students to exceed in the course and is very approachable. The course is challenging and requires lots of studying due to the amount of content presented weekly. But, doing well is possible if you pay attention, ask questions, and dedicate time outside of class.