Thanks to Dr. Maxcey, Cog Psych is probably one of the best classes I've taken at Vanderbilt yet. She is truly a hilarious yet super clear and helpful lecturer, and all you need is to take notes and pay attention to get an A. Beware that Journal Article Exams require a lot of work the week before and a purchase of a workbook. Super easy A and fun!

Took her for Gen Psych. Really amazing professor. She made the material interesting and clear. Tests were straight forward. highly recommend. We are finishing the course online, and she has done an amazing job continuing to provide creative opportunities to learn the material without adding stress to our lives. much respect.

This class wouldn't be as amazing as it was without Professor Maxcey. She encouraged critical thinking and class participation during her lectures and didn't just come and talk over a Powerpoint. Her passion for both teaching and for the study of psychology has inspired me to take more courses in this field.

Dr. Maxcey is an amazing teacher. She is very clear with what she expects you to know for exams and she has been extremely accommodating during this time of COVID-19. Her lectures are not straight from her powerpoints, she does a good job of incorporating outside material and encourages class participation despite the large lecture style.

Maxcey is amazing!! She loves psychology, but more than that she loves teaching! She's a fast talker but PowerPoints are easy to follow and she explains things really well. We never had outside work except reading a popular book for a book-based exam, and if you attended class you didn't need the textbook. She made it easy to learn a ton!

THE ABSOLUTE BEST PROFESSOR. She has handled the switch to online classes so well, and she truly truly cares about her students. You can tell she became a professor because she actually cares and wants to teach!! She is also such a good lecturer and she makes material even more interesting than it already is. Take as many classes as you can w her!!

One of the nicest professors I've had. Her online positive psychology class was a literal gem! Not only do you learn a ton, you also get to apply the knowledge you gain to your everyday life. Her feedback is always sweet and personalized; you can tell she cares a LOT about her students. Her syllabus is also super clear - she checks all the boxes!

You can tell that Professor Maxcey really cares about her students and this class as a whole. Compared to other 3000-level psychology courses, I think that the work load is very manageable for this class and Maxcey/the TAs are available for feedback and if you have any questions. Overall, I am enjoying the class as a whole.

Covid plan kind of a mess, but she's super accessible and kind. Her TAs suck, and there is a lack of communication between her, the TAs, and the class which where lots of the problems arise. Too nitpicky about essay formatting. I think it would be a lot better a normal year, but right now this class gives me a lot of anxiety. TOO MANY ESSAYS!

Dr. Maxcey goes above and beyond to help students who reach out to her. The grading difference between her and the TAs was drastic and many times students felt in the dark about her intentions/goals with major assignments. However, as these issues became apparent, Dr. Maxcey did an excellent job of adapting to the needs of the class.

I took her Positive Psychology course last summer. I really enjoyed the class at first; it was easy, fun, and personally rewarding. However, on the final paper, I randomly received an F. It was so unexpected and didn't make sense. I still received an A overall, but it was a strange ending to a class supposedly focused on fostering one's wellbeing.

Dr. Maxcey made this class super flexible. Your grade is based on a learning contract. There are weekly CogLab activities and homeworks. No tests at all. Just come to class as much as you can. If you miss class you can still turn in assignments and won't lose points. Classes are not boring. And she is the best!!! Would recommend.

I took Dr. Maxcey's Positive Psychology class in the fall. It consisted of listening to one or two podcasts as homework, participating in class, and performing activities that made you happy outside of class. She is the most down-to-earth professor at Vanderbilt and this class felt like therapy. Highly recommend.

I took her Positive Psychology class and loved it! I can't say that I've genuinely been sad to be done with any of my other classes at Vanderbilt but that's certainly true of this one. The workload was light and incredibly interesting and the class discussions were my favorite I've had so far at Vanderbilt!

Professor Maxcey cares deeply for her students. I would definitely recommend taking her Positive Psych course if you can. I looked forward to class every week and the material covered was engaging and useful. Definitely my favorite class I have taken at Vandy.

Dr. Maxcey is the best professor I have ever had at this school. She is literally an angel from heaven. Please take this class if you want to learn more about Positive Psychology and about life in general. This class changed me for the better both as a student and as a human.

Dr. Maxcey is the most kind and caring professor Ive ever had. She genuinely cares about her students and her classes reflect that.

Professor Maxcey is the best Professor I have ever had at Vanderbilt. She genuinely cares about her students. While there is consistent work every week, this work is meaningful and creates a desire for students to engage in it. Her grading system also shows that she understands students are human beings and can't be perfect all the time.

Her 1200 class is pretty easy. Do some online homework or some reading and come to class 60% of the time to get an A. She's very entertaining during class. only complaint is that a lot of students are taking pysch for the MCAT and without a structured course I feel like I didn't learn much for the MCAT

Nice, never have to prepare for lectures, you can do basically everything online and sometimes come to class and get an A. A low stress class

Prof Maxcey is genuinely one of the most caring people I have ever met. She is also very entertaining and her lectures are easy to listen to. There is a decent amount of out-of-class work, but it is not super challenging. Highly recommend.

Review for PSY 2100!! Maxcey is so so sweet and would reach out to the whole class to make sure that everyone was doing mentally okay. Only really had to go to class on Mondays then hand in the Wednesday and Friday assignments on time. Besides that, there's a ton of cengage hw due at the end of the course (just do a chapter/week).

PSY1200 with Maxcey was honestly somewhat of joke given how easy it was. She gave the option to complete 70% of your grade outside of class through MindTap and the rest was just showing up for like 2/3 of classes to enough attendance credits. So much better than Sandberg. Very caring lady too. Take her!

Took PSY1200 with her, and it was ridiculously easy. 70% of grade came from the online homework and the other 30% came from attendance that you could make up by watching movies. Very laid back and understanding of how hard the Vandy work load is.

I LOVED my general psychology course with Dr. Maxcey! She was super considerate and really accommodating about the fact that learning during the pandemic has been challenging. She shows that she genuinely wants us to care about the material and learn in an effective way. Fair amount of reading, but definitely one of the best courses at Vandy.

It's probably very easy to chalk up Maxcey's teaching style this year as "lazy" and "underchallenging" but in reality I think she did a perfect job. There's a pandemic and for people like me, intro to psychology doesn't need to overtake my workload. I learned what I had to learn and at the end of the day, isn't that her job? a bit odd but sweet

Professor Maxcey is a gem! She genuinely cares for her students and wanted the best for them. She was the only professor to reach out to me and check up on me when I had medical problems occur and I was not able to attend class. If you see her courses I would recommend taking her! Her lectures are more discussion vibes and like feedback! 1000/10!

Take her class!! This class is amazing and not difficult at all. She forms it in such a fun way, I loved it! Most of the work was online through mindtap and you could do it at your pace, it is just due at the end of the year.

PSY 1200 with Maxcey is a 100x better than taking this class with Sandberg. I am not sure how someone could not get an A in this class if they just showed up for attendance and worked through the online modules (which were basically completion). Not the best learning experience if you are trying to get ready for the MCAT, but Maxcey is a gem.

Very, very easy class and interesting lectures. Take her psychology class for your gen psych credit while you can. Grade was based on attendance/participation and textbook assignments, all of which could be completed at any point through the semester.

Prof. Maxcey values student mental health above all else and told us that she wouldn't even give us grades if she didn't have to. Gen psych with Maxcey was super relaxed and non-stressful while still being very interesting. Take classes with Maxcey when you can!

If you want to fill your Stats requirement and get an easy A, then this is the class for you! I enjoyed the Data Visualization activities, as they're applicable to the real world. The online homework was very tedious, and it's easy to procrastinate since there's no set due date. But overall, Dr. Maxcey makes this course very flexible/accessible.

This class is super easy. Weekly data viz activities which only took 20 minutes. Make sure you don't procrastinate the Mindtap activities because it's long and tedious but I was able to grind them out in 3 days. Very flexible and caring about student's mental health. I only had to attend lecture once a week. Take her if you need a stats credit.

It was fine- I learned a lot, homework was pretty heavy but for a stats class I thought it was reasonable and she offered fair and plentiful grade opportunities. Adjusted deadlines and work as needed and it was nice that she generally rewarded going to lectures but it wasn't super necessary.

I really enjoyed this class but I really admit it was a lot of work primarily because of Mindtap (do them early!). I liked the Data Viz assignments and found them helpful for the future. I was shocked that she had 6 exams but they were not too bad. Also, go to class if you can despite what anyone says.

Class attendance was not mandatory, but it was helpful to attend class with the assignments done in class that would be due a few days later. She did 2 kinds of categorized classes, a lecture about statistics and then a more tech-savvy one for you to incorporate the statistics you learned in excel.

Professor Maxcey is a great lecturer with a passion for the study of psychology. After encountering a bit of a challenge in regard to grading, Professor Maxcey was quick to listen to the input and concerns of her students, changing the course style and making sure that each student gets a fair opportunity at receiving a good grade in the class.

After receiving grades from the first essay of the semester, students panicked: scores were low. However, Professor Maxcey made it apparent that she cares for her students and swiftly restructured the entire class in roughly 48 hours in order to ease her students' worries. She clearly loves what she does and, not to mention, she is hilarious.

Most of these reviews are written by people who were angry over the first essay grade. Her essay structure of the class was very fair. However, after hearing the uproar from the people who got poor grades, she changed the whole structure of the class. She cares about her students. Don't listen to the negative reviews, she is engaging and fabulous!

For anyone looking to take 1200 be wary of recent reviews. She intially had a bad paper-based class setup but has radically changed it to basing grades off of pretty easy end of class quizzes based on the lecture each day. She doesnt follow any set curriculum so prob bad for premeds who need the knowledge but easy enough to get a good grade now.

Professor Maxcey is my favorite teacher by far! She is an amazing lecturer and her classes are really interesting and engaging not to mention she is absolutely hilarious! Don't listen to all of the negative reviews, they were because of the first paper grade and Dr. Maxcey addressed this issue and completely restructured the class. Very easy class

Please ignore all of the bad reviews for PSY 1200 in the last few months - they are because grades on papers were extremely harsh, but Professor Maxcey has switched around the entire class. It is fairly easy and you will receive an A if you take good notes during class. Professor Maxcey is hilarious and truly cares for her students.

Gen Pysch with Maxcey was awesome. When students expressed concern with the class format she changed it to make it an easy A for all students. Just show up to lectures, take notes and you will pass the in class quiz that is open note. She's hilarious. Highly recommend.

She's hilarious and cares about her students and it's obvious she loves what she does. Grades are just in-class quizzes that are open note and mostly common sense. I fell asleep in some lectures but still got a 100 on them. This class was interesting and gave me a good buffer for my harder classes. Would definitely take her again!

Great person and teacher. Cares about her students

She truly cares about her students, is an amazing teacher, and makes her lectures relevant AND interesting! Please ignore the bad reviews; when her previous class structure wasn't working out, she completely reorganized everything to make her class easier for all students. I'd recommend taking her class :)

Professor Maxcey was easily my favorite professor this semester, and I loved taking her Gen Psych class. Her passion for the field of psychology shines through in all of her lectures and she deeply cares about her students. Highly recommend taking this course.

Maxcey truly cares about her students and their learning experience. This class is not a typical course where you learn terms and definitions, but she makes the class an engaging experience! In the beginning, the course started out rough due to low grades on the 1st paper, but she completely restructured the course and made it SO easy for everyone

Easily the best professor I had this semester!!! The bad reviews are from those who were dumb enough to ignore her instructions for the first paper. The grading was very fair throughout and the guidelines were clear. She goes out of the way to make the class engaging and teaches in the most unique & interesting way. Learned the most in this class.

Dr. Maxcey obviously wants her students to succeed, as evidenced by her decision to completely restructure her course after a lot of students complained after the first paper. Her lectures were always interesting and interactive, and it honestly didn't feel like a stereotypical lecture; rather, it was like she was holding a conversation with us.

Dr. Maxcey cares about her students, and she is a kind person. Lectures were more like conversations, which is rare in large classes. However, the class was unstructured in terms of curriculum. While I enjoyed the course, I don't think it would be helpful for MCAT/grad school prep or when a firm understanding of traditional gen psych is required.

This is the easiest and most interesting class I have ever taken at Vanderbilt. I highly recommend even if you do not need to take this class.

I love her so much! She has a talk-style way of teaching and allows us to absorb as much information as we see benefitting us. Although the class was super chill (no real quizzes, tests), I was able to learn so much about myself.

No final exam, or any exams at all and classes are really fun and engaging.

Her class was one of the most fun class I've taken!! The topics were so interesting and she made lectures so fun, applicable, and interactive. I felt comfortable participating in class.

Maxcey's General Psychology is a fantastic class that does not add substantial stress to an academic schedule. Grading was homework and participation based as opposed to tests, but pop quizzes are given at the end of class based on the subjects discussed. A pleasure to listen to during lecture and interact with.

Maxcey is amazing. Not stressful and a very interesting class. She really cares about her students and doesn't want to add to their loads. She bases her lectures off of what her students want to learn most. I definitely recommend taking her class or probably anything she teaches.

This was the easiest class I've ever taken at Vanderbilt. HALF of the grade is homework and there are no exams or essays. Professor Maxcey is a wonderful person too, I never personally talked to her but she made me feel like she was someone I could always talk to. Really nice and funny in my opinion.

Professor Maxcey is the best professor at Vanderbilt! She is so cool, so knowledgeable, and will always take the time to answer any questions I have. I am taking every class she offers. The class was not challenging (as long as you put in the work and attended class). There were (very easy and short) in-class quizzes for attendance!

I LOVEEEEE Prof Maxcey, she's an amazing lecturer, doesn't give exams, and is literally so funny. If you have the opportunity to take a class with her definitely do it, she's my top psych professor. The only thing is the homework for quan methods was tedious but the no exams makes up for it.

After lots of turmoil regarding the assessment structure for the class, she took action to restructure the assessments and make life easier for her students. You can tell she is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about psychology, and cares a lot about her students.

Loved the class structure and formatting, had a good time w Maxcey and she was really accommodating at various points.

Maxcey's psychology class is a breeze! No exams, just easy homework and fun, engaging lectures. I loved how she tailored the material to what we wanted to learn. Definitely take this class - unstuck ai was a big help for study prep too.

She is the best professor I have ever had. Nobody will beat her. She is an amazing professor.

Easiest A ever. There are no exams in the class and grades are based on attendance, homework, small assignments, and SONA credit. She is an amazing person too.

just show up to class. No exams. No papers. No nothing. just sona credits and online questions. Easy peazy

You can tell she really cares about what she's teaching and is good at getting people interested in the topics.

Super easy A. Just attendance, homework and SONA research participation. Class was so fun she's hilarious and makes it very engaging and interesting. Maybe not the best if studying for MCAT because you don't need to study but I really enjoyed and all material is posted on PPT slides, plus great for GPA.

This class is light work. No exams in the class, and the grades are based on SONA, homework, attendance, and MMB. Other than that, just enjoy the class and get that A

Maxcey is wonderful! No exams, just grades based on attendance, readings, and SONA. she wants this to be a low stress class. she's super sweet and we have engaging class discussions.

Maxcey is so sweet. No exams, long and frequent homework assignments, and in-class activities. Wonderful person, but large lecture format makes this course less for the people who love stats, more for the ghosts in the classroom If your goal is to take a stats class where you can get an A but have no obligation to learn, Maxcey stats is your dream