Overall this class isn't bad and the material covered is relatively easy to grasp and understand. However, I felt the exams were very unfair. I spend so long studying everything from every slide and using the test yourself resource we had. The questions were so tricky and would go over something mentioned one time in class that wasn't even important. In the final I had studied every concept and every slide and turns out one topic had like one question. I just felt it didn't really test you properly and the questions were unfair even though I knew everything I still didn't score well on the final because it was 60 questions with the smallest topics on each. I don't thinks he was a bad professor because she explained stuff well but I wish her exams were formatted in a different way

awwwwww this class was so cute!!!! the material was so interesting (as someone who wants to work in communication sciences) and the professor was so sweet! tests were honestly a little tough, the final especially was way harder than it needed to be?? like average was -10 points which is a lot for a psych elective i think...but as long as you study and do the extra credit and turn in your weekly quizzes and assignments on time, you'll be fine!! i recommend!!!

This class is viewed as an easy low low-effort class, but the issue I found with it is that the midterm and finals were incredibly tedious, and the questions would be on something we covered for half a second in class. I spent hours memorizing all the studies and the psychologists mentioned in her lectures, and then on the final, only 1 psychologist was on 1 multiple-choice question (mind you, we covered about 40+ studies and people), and most of the questions were incredibly tricky. I did not think that the test was a true reflection of what we covered in class. She was a good teacher, and the topics were interesting, but the midterm and final were not a fair representation of students' knowledge over the topics.

Dr. Ankowski was very knowledgable and made her expectations for the course very clear. The labs were sometimes graded particularly, but overall the class is very manageble. I really enjoyed the lectures and found them very interesting. The quizzes were also very helpful to understand how the midterm formate would be.

I really enjoyed the topics of introductory psych, but I do not feel that Prof Ankowski prepared us for the midterm and final. She would spend lots of time in class talking about topics, but left out MANY things that were on the midterm and final. All of the things she left out are covered in the textbook so be sure to read it as part of your review/after lectures so you understand all the necessary content. Apart from that, the labs and quizzes are easy to complete as long as you devote some time to working on them.
The class is split up into these categories:
- Quizzes on bruin learn 8% (unlimited attempts)
- In-class participation 7% (iclicker)
- Labs 18% (also in-class)
- Survey and experimental labs 12% (outside of class and with a group)
- Midterm 22% (individual section worth most of grade and group section worth smaller part
- Final 32%

Professor Ankowski was super sweet and always understanding whenever I emailed her. Additionally, the content of the course was genuinely very interesting to learn about. I have a niece that is currently growing and found many of the topics that I learned regarding cognitive development in this class relevant to her learning stages! The midterms and final were not bad at all (all online and taken during a time window) and she even had a zoom up and running during that time window in case you had an issue with the exam (NOT for questions though, she made that clear).

Overall I stopped going to lectures after around Week 4ish because I was behind in other coursework but it didn't hinder my progress in the class. For the final I pulled an all nighter and watched over 7 lecture videos and ended up getting a 93. Very doable :)

Ankowski knows what she is talking about. When it comes to the way she teaches is that she uses a slideshow and basically reads off of them and adds on when needed. She does iClicker and she does this for participation points. When it comes to exams, they aren't too bad but please KNOW your terms and MEMORIZE the importance of Experiments. She gives a few extra credit points but nothing that can bump you a letter grade.

If you've taken AP Psychology, this class would be a least of your worry, and if you haven't it is easy to still follow along.

Dr. Ankowski made this class super interesting and engaging. She's really silly and has a comforting aura to her sorry idk how else to put it lolllolol. Lectures are recorded, i found the labs pretty easy (we mostly did group labs). the midterm consisted of mcq questions, some saq's, and the 2nd part of the midterm was a group exam which had the exact same questions that were on the mcq's but this time you answer it as a group. That saved my midterm score although it was only worth about 2% of the midterm itself... overall, she made this class super interesting and i would just recommend memorizing the terms and something that helped me a lot was applying what we learn to real life, I got soooo annoying with my friends but considering that i suck at studying, this "method" worked the best for me.

I love Professor Ankowski. Her lectures are extremely engaging and interesting and she is super friendly and approachable.

This is an easy class in my opinion. Ankowski is a great lecturer and even though I had her at 8am, I still found myself able to engage with the material during class. She gives a bank of questions to review before the midterm and final which are very helpful. Would highly recommend this class and professor!