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Psychology

Vincent Van Veen

PSYCH004 · PSYC001 · PSYC004 · PSY001 · PSYC60020 · PSYC1 · PSYCH2 · PSYCH4 · PSYCH001 · PSY01 · PYSC001 · 43 lifetime ratings

AI rating
84/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
81.4%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you enjoy funny lecture-driven psych and will study quizzes .

Best fit · Self Taught ProHilarious lecturesLecture heavyTest and quiz heavyMinimal homeworkNo electronics in person
  • Students love his humor and say lectures make dry psych material fun and memorable.
  • , and ; study the slides.
  • In-person has strict no-electronics and ; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

72/100

Many earn As by studying lectures and quizzes, but grades and exams with .

Online students more often call it easy to pass with study; and quiz wording.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Content is intro psych difficulty; and lecture volume is high.

Both formats are lecture-heavy; online and no devices.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

40/100

Many in-person reviews mark attendance mandatory or skip-class-and-fail tags; .

; online attendance is usually optional.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

81/100

About four in five would take him again thanks to humor and or unhelpful.

Online praise focuses on entertaining videos; and live energy with some dry critiques.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

70/100

and dropped lowest quiz help, but few .

Format shift

Both formats describe quiz-and-test grading with .

Workload

Light

78/100

; the real work is watching lectures and studying for quizzes.

Format shift

Online and in-person both report minimal homework; .

Teaching experience

Good

80/100

Strong majority praise hilarious, engaging lectures; a smaller group finds him dry or .

Format shift

Online often calls video lectures entertaining; and dry.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

, and final dominate; end-term assignments.

Format shift

Consistent across online and in-person with graded-by-few-things tags.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

in some sections, pop quizzes risk, and a strict no-electronics policy; show up and take notebook notes.

Main concern

No phones or laptops and can hurt you.

What students said

“Has strict no electronics policy. Never used textbook because and engaging.”
PSYC004
“If you are looking for a class with . He only gave 2 assignments this whole year but BEWARE this class is lecture heavy.”
PSYCH001
“This professor is dry, does not teach very well and also he never gives us study guides.”
PSY001

Remote format

Online

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are video-lecture heavy with and final; many find it easy to pass with study and humor keeps content watchable.

Main concern

quizzes and exams.

What students said

“Although it was online and just watching lectures, they were all so interesting and he has a good sense of humor, so I never got bored. , and final.”
PSYCH001
“Beware, the only things graded in this class are the , and the final. There are so your overall grade really depends on those quiz scores.”
PSYC004
“Easy to pass, if you put effort in you'll get an A.”
PSYCH001

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is standard quiz-and-exam heavy testing from lectures and textbook with .

Frequent quizzesMidterm and finalMultiple choiceLecture-based questionsDrop lowest quiz

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and ; some warn wording is tricky and pop quizzes can appear.

Quiz heavyLecture-based testsPossible pop quizzesNo electronics policy
“The and not even testing us om the actual material.”
PSY001
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PSYC004

Online

and final; study slides and textbook, no explicit proctoring details.

Chapter quizzesMidtermFinal examLecture video based
“a 10-15 Questions) as long as you have a general idea of the chapters you will pass them. Lastly there was also a but that was easy too.”
PYSC001
“You MUST be able to teach yourself in this class, his lectures are great but you are only listening to lectures and , and final.”
PSYC004

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Caring, respectful, and funny. Class is entirely lectures, then quizzes.”

Voice snapshots generated from 43 reviews (15 online, 28 in , and format rules. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

80/100

“He has the so it made the class fun. He adds bits of humor to his lectures and it makes the subjects discussed more relatable and fun.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

81/100

“ !”

📝

58/100

“the only things graded in this class are the , and the final.”

🪶

78/100

“If you are looking for a class with .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Makes the lectures interesting with his jokes
  • loved to crack jokes
  • learn from

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy to pass, if you put effort in you'll get an A
  • Great professor. Easy to pass as long as you study
  • You have to study hard

Theme 3

📵 About Class Rules

  • Has strict no electronics policy
  • No phones, all respect
  • Skip class? You won't pass.

Data context

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Analysis sample

43

Recent reviews read by the AI

43

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-three detailed reviews spanning 2016-2025 with strong theme consistency on humor, lecture weight, and .

Inside 43 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 523
4 out of 57
3 out of 59
2 out of 53
1 out of 51

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

36 reported outcomes

A range

25

A+ 4 · A 20 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2