# SETH POLLAK — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

SETH POLLAK

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### last observed at

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### ratings

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Seth is amazing. He is extremely knowledgable about psychology (obviously) and he cares that his students do well. This class had 3 exams, no final, all multiple choice. If you went to lecture and read the textbook, the exams were extremely fair. He threw out bad questions on the exams, and gave EC for tophat lec questions.",
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