good prof. super easy pop-quizzes just for attendance purposes

I love Alicia. She is so sweet and caring. The best part of her class is .. you dont fall asleep. She engages the class in discussion so well! She is so nice and makes you feel GREAT about school, even during the most stressing-est times.. I HIGHLY RECCOMMEND HER.

I loved Alicia! I had never really considered psyc before and only took it for extra credit but Alicia is so interested in the subject that class went by fast and was really interesting! Tests are fair, if you read the textbook a bit you'll be fine. Definitely take Alicia if you can.

Very engaging and interesting, very willing to help and very nice. Grades nicely, yes she has fill in the blanks but as long as you listen to her and read the text you're gold. :)

I really loved this teacher!! Alicia is so engaging that class was really fun. She will make you love psychology.

Excellent class and teacher!

Fun and interesting teacher. Easy pop-quizzes just for attendance purposes - she gives lots of hints for the exams - come to class and pay attention and it will be easy to do well.

Fun class.

This teachers enthusiasm is catching - she obviously loves teaching and her work. Made me interested in psychology! She gives hint during the lectures for the exams so if you pay attention you will do well.

Excellent teacher - she loves the topic - her exams are fair and easy if you read the chapters - course assignments are easy and are easy to get full marks on it you attend class!

Loved the class - exams are easy and she gives very good hints in class. listen and attend and you will be fine.

Loved this class, and loved the teacher. Very straightfoward tests, study the notes she gives in class and read the textbook and you'll do great. She's clear on what will be on the exam and there are no surprises.

Alicia is very enthusiatic and knows the material - she is good at keeping the class attention.

Good class.

If you listen and attend classes she gives lots of hint on what is on the exam - you just have to pay attention. Fun class.

Great class!

Alici is great and very kind. She makes every effort to make the material interesting.

She really loves the subject she teaches but her tests are not fare to give first year students. Only given an hour to write a 60 question test which covers everything. She dose not use the full class time even when the majority of her class is not passing. She is a very hard marker.

Fun class and super easy assignments!

This is a very fun class and Alicia really knows her stuff. She make the class fun and has great examples.

One of the very best teachers I have ever had. Didn't have to let me in the class but did. She made lectures interesting and even fun. Clearly passionate about what she teaches.

One of the best teachers I've ever had. Generates interest in the subject through her own enthusiasm. Lectures are engaging, and fun.

Awesome teacher.

Easy quizes and assignments - just show up - really bumps up the GPA. Also fun class.

Lectures were very interesting - she really knows her stuff!

Alicia is a great prof! She is always willing to help as long as you ask, and her class is pretty easy as long as you show up and participate. She does a great job of mixing the class up so you don't get bored, and she is reasonable with grading. Her tests are a little tough, but study from the book and you'll do fine. Overall, she's a great prof!

I loved her! I took her for Psychology 101 and am so disappointed that I can't take her in the winter semester. I got an A in her class BUT that is because I read every chapter before we would have class. You need to READ the chapters before her classes because she speeds through the material when she is explaining.

She is the best. Very interesting and fun!

Class is very fun - great lectures and interesting!

Love her!! Awesome classes.

This was my favourite class all year - fun and interesting!

She is funny and makes the topics interesting - excellent!!!

Alicia is the type of person you want to be friends with after class. Engaging lectures and she knows what she's talking about.

Show up to class because some of the assignments are randomly given and they are worth marks. Overall a good teacher, make sure you study for the exams and read the textbook

Great prof. She's very kind and her lectures (its a lecture heavy class) are super interesting. She's accessible and her grading is not too harsh. Would definitely take more of her classes.

Really good prof since she presents all the material in the simplest way possible. Helps students by telling clearly what she would expect them to know for the exam.

amazing teacher. Easy and funny. Has 4 assignments worth 20%, just dont know when she'll have them to you have to attend each lecture, unless she tells you when they are. Tells you want you need to study for the exam as you go along the powerpoint. Study day or two before the exam and your good. Great GPA booster

Alicia is a great prof. She tries to keep her lectures as short as possible which is appreciated with a 3 hour class. She only covers the basic material and makes you go into further depth in your own time. She has a few assignments that are very easy. She's very approachable and has very interesting stories that keep you engaged in the class.

Very friendly. Easy participation and assignment marks. Very clear on what she expects on exams, and they are fairly straightforward. Don't bother with the textbook though, I opened it once.

She is one of the best I've ever had.

Great prof! She really knows what she's talking about. All of her lectures are based off of her powerpoint which she posts online for everyone to access. Be sure to print out the slides and bring them to class everyday because there is some note taking and that is the most convenient way to do it. She gives hints on what will be on the exams.

Hilarious and knows her stuff!

Really engaging and entertaining! Exams are tough but fair. Really cares about students.

Knows her stuff and makes it fun!

Great professor! She could be more specific in some areas rather than rushing through the material, but overall I really enjoyed her class and her knowledge about the subject. She's an easy going professor! :)

Alicia is a great person, which makes her a great prof. She does always seem a bit rushed and disorganized, but it's clear that she enjoys what she does. There are two midterms and a final that are not cumulative, and are largely multiple choice. The one annoying thing was that she said there would be no group work, which wasn't true at all.

She seemed like a pretty nice lady, and the class itself wasn't challenging with her as the professor. It didn't ever feel as if we covered much content, making the class much easier than it should have been. There was only one small group assignment, worth so little of your mark that it barely mattered. Class always ended early too.

Alicia's class was super easy. A lot of the classes were cancelled and only a portion of the class was ever used; I felt that I only went to class about five times throughout the semester. However, it is very easy to get high marks in her class, just study the text in addition to her slides and complete the assignments (which are super quick).

One of my fav profs! She loves what she does and it shows!

Alicia is a great teacher totally recommend her. Good GPA booster 3 exams and 5 mini assignments super easy if you just study her lectures. I took 101/102 with her and both were great

Alicia is a very nice prof and very knowledgeable. Her course is engaging and fairly easy. However, she's not very accessible outside of class. Overall, a great prof though.

Fun and funny lectures!

Alicia is a great prof and is super funny and qualified. The class has 4 easy assignments and 2 exams. No papers! All the lecture slides are posted on Blackboard and she gives hints during her lecture as to what's on the exam. Easy class, interesting lectures, and great stories. Actually learned stuff in this class!

Alicia gave a detailed outline first day of class and stuck to it. There were five assignments that you could do it partners, she chose your best 4. The 3 exams were easy and only covered certain chapters for each. She also drops hints as to what questions will be on the exam. Class ended early and breaks were given. Great prof overall.

Alicia is one of the most caring and wonderful professors I have ever had, I would recommend her to anyone. She doesn't have the mark you hard to prove a point mentality and its really refreshing. I actually learned things in her class because it was so easy going and not stressful and interesting. Great prof!

Alicia is by far one of my favourite professors. I'll take any class she teaches. Fantastic lectures, she actually keeps the class interested the entire time and almost always ends early. Very clear in her expectations, and I find all her assignments/tests to be fair if you paid attention during the lecture and did the readings.

Got her for the 2nd half of class as orig prof resigned - she was very considerate of the circumstances and she waived weekly participation assigns the week of midterm and final. Her final was very reasonable she mentioned she would make it fair and it was. It was 50 mc and 2 written questions (she gives hints in lecs about what will be on exam).

Alicia was my prof for the second half of 102, as our previous prof had resigned. Her lectures were clear and she gave multiple hints for what would be on the exam. She also dropped one of the testable chapters that would have been on the final. Overall, a very nice lady and an easy A if youre willing to put the work in.

Alicia is a wonderful professor whose lectures are fun and clear. She cares about her students and really helped me to be sucessful.

Dr Spidel is a very good prof. Class consists of 3 exams, 3 small assignments and one group assignment. Tests were more on the difficult side but i'm sure that's to keep you accountable for your learning. You will def need to read the textbook. Fairly easy marker on the assignments. I'd take a course with her again.

She taught the lab portion of this class and she seemed like she wanted to be helpful but there was not a lot of communication. This lab is a lot of work & with only 4 in person classes it became overwhelming and confusing. During the flooding she checked in with each student to make sure they were on track. Should've done that for each class.

From the start of the semester, there was a step-by-step guide to the entire research assignment available as well as examples to follow for each section, and we were allowed to work ahead if possible. Her email answers were very concise, but considering how many people must have been asking questions, I was surprised by how quickly she'd respond.

I had Alicia in my first semester and had a really good experience with her. Lectures are clear and fairly easy to follow. As for homework, it was super light because we only had 2 (small) out-of-class assignments. everything else was done during class time, and as long as you fully do the in-class assignment it's easy to get a good mark.

She really knows her stuff and answer emails very quickly. Super helpful if you show up to office hours.

She is great. I really enjoyed having her she makes the class really easy assignments are not complicated at all and gives tons of time to get your work in.

I found this course very easy for a second year psych course. We had 3 exams, a few smaller assignments, and one big group project. She was easy to reach, graded quite fairly, and knew what she was talking about. Would definitely take a course with her in the future.

Difficult class but made easy by her helpfulness and quick responses!

Such a hard class but great response time and meet with me 3 times outside of class to help with project! Very helpful.

Really great teacher would recommend. She is clear on what she excepts and is very caring towards her students.

Hard class but so helpful outside of class. Extra Zoom meeting at random times for help.

This is a lecture /lab class, and Alicia is a good lab professor. She is very helpful and will communicate all the time (she called me through zoom on a Sunday to help). She wants you to succeed which makes this portion of the class a bit better (worth 40%) of the grade. I wish these classes were separate. It is a lot for a 200-level class.

Alicia was a great prof! I had her for the lab portion of the class, and she was super accessible and gave really good feedback along the way. She did a great job of splitting up the tasks each week so that by the end, we had most of our final paper already written/planned.

Really easy grader, good feedback, a few group projects but really easy. Good course to take to increase GPA. Not quick to respond to emails though.

Prof Spidel had everything posted on blackboard, and left it to the students to navigate through the weeks without many reminders. She marks quite easy, leaves good feedback, and the instructions, and grading criteria are clear. Exams were open book and there were few group projects. She was kind of dry on email, but overall, easy class to take!

Because of my previous bad experience with her, I was doubtful of taking this class. But she is the only one teaching it. Surprisingly she is been very good at expaining, maybe because it is more practical and based on skills, which helps with using examples from her personal experiences. She is still not answering to emails on a timely manner.

This was a hybrid class with 4 in-person sessions and she canceled 2 of them. Regardless, Alicia was super fair and gave good feedback. The class was a bit more challenging than I had expected due to the skills you are trying to develop. However, Alicia was great and marked fairly.

Was scared to take her class because I saw so many assignments on the syllabus, but honestly they are super easy and quick to do, and relate to the content and even your own life. She is so supportive and sweet.

Tough course, but the professor holds extra help sessions. Unstuck study was a lifesaver for studying and prep alongside the textbook.

Alicia was awesome! I highly recommend everyone to take this course with her. Very easy marker, she is super sweet and caring and the group projects were really good and you learn a lot. Whenever she was talking I couldn't not pay attention because she was so interesting to listen too!

Alicia was a great professor for this class. She is very knowledgeable of the course content and gave good feedback for each assignment. The assignments for this class consisted of weekly counselling dyads with other students, three total papers for each partner, and two exams. I will take her again if I have the chance!

I really enjoyed this class taught by Alicia. There is a group project that is worth 30% of your grade, eight assignments worth 40% total, and two exams worth 30% total. Sometimes, her marking was a little confusing, but overall, I would take her again. I feel that I've learnt a lot and she was able to keep the content interesting

4 assignments throughout the sem that require effort but she grades leniently so you're guaranteed a good grade (EFFORT THO). Group project easy (4ppl max). Lectures easy to follow and she's really laid back but has a lot of knowledge. She's straight to the point, I'd recommend. Exams were easy too, textbook heavy tho