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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.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/176712", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:20.260008+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI4MzEwNDYx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:176712", "instructor_name": "Seth Pollak", "course_label": "PSYCH560", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2017-05-14 22:28:01 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof Pollak is a really famous psychologist and doesn't teach often. I suggest grabbing any chance to have any class with him. He is brilliant and an incredible lecturer. Not the least bit arrogant. In fact he was very compassionate and conveyed a lot of caring for students and was a super nice guy during office hours. 10/10 great teacher.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/176712", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:20.260008+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI4MzAzMjg1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:176712", "instructor_name": "Seth Pollak", "course_label": "PSYCH560", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2017-05-13 14:41:51 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Seth Pollak is very knowledgeable and he is a really significant researcher in his field. This class will help you with interacting with any children in your life! This is one of the best classes and professors at UW-Madison! 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