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APSY 2241

Mental Illness: Social and Clinical Perspectives · 8 instructors on record · 20 sections

What the course score is made of

92BC evaluations20 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

43rdMore challenging than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”20 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

46BC — “Workload”20 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Provides overview of theoretical models and phenomenology currently defining the field of abnormal psychology, focusing particularly on socio-cultural contributions to conceptualizations of mental illness and distress. First half of course reviews and critiques current constructions of the nature of mental illness, as well as classification, assessment, and treatment of mental illness. Second half highlights specific forms of mental illness, with attention to the causes and subjective experience of psychopathology.

The board

8 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 2 of the 8 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	David GoodmanCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	974 records	87th	91st	902 ratings · all classes
2	Laura GonzalezEducation Provisional fewer records	1001 record	—	9th	—no page
3	Julie MacevoyCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	956 records	25th	62nd	788 ratings · all classes
4	Lisa GoodmanCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional fewer records	961 record	25th	39th	1001 rating · all classes
5	Alice KimCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	943 records	25th	17th	1001 rating · all classes
6	Sara Carabbio ThopseyCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	921 record	25th	36th	—no page
7	Jonathan WolffCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	922 records	25th	53rd	—no page
8	Shalini SivathasanCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	862 records	25th	17th	—no page

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 5 of 8 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 20 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9773rd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9562nd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9667th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9770th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9784th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9784th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9678th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9363rd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9463rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9463rd pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4630th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9043rd pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9145th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

20 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Alice Kim	Spring 2026	01	98	93	40
Shalini Sivathasan	Spring 2026	02	83	82	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2025	01	91	92	40
Sara Carabbio Thopsey	Fall 2025	03	92	90	40
David Goodman	Summer 2025	01	96	93	60
Shalini Sivathasan	Spring 2025	01	88	83	40
Lisa Goodman	Spring 2025	02	96	96	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2024	01	92	90	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2024	03	95	96	40
David Goodman	Summer 2024	01	100	98	60
Alice Kim	Spring 2024	01	92	89	40
Jonathan Wolff	Spring 2024	02	96	94	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2023	01	97	97	—
Jonathan Wolff	Fall 2023	03	88	85	—
David Goodman	Summer 2023	01	94	84	—
Alice Kim	Spring 2023	01	90	86	40
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2022	01	99	95	40
Laura Gonzalez	Summer 2022	01	100	95	—
David Goodman	Summer 2022	02	100	100	100
Julie Macevoy	Fall 2021	01	96	95	40

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.