I didn't even go to lectures or the labs because attendance isn't mandatory and it's so easy. The lectures are recorded and posted online. The labs are very easy and the TAs post the slides with the activities and HW. Both exams are online and open note, all MCQ. It's an easy A and basically a review of things you have learned in all other psych classes. You can also do extra credit.

Going into this class I was super worried because all of the reviews made it sound completely terrible but it has been really good. The midterm and final were online multiple choice. there were weekly assignments so definitely stay on top of things but it was all super manageable. Most of the assignments were graded for completion and only a few were graded for correctness. I think that the professor seemed to care a lot about making the class easier based on past reviews. Basically, if you do the assignments and you have some idea whats going on in the class you could easily get an A.

I was nervous for this class when looking at the reviews but I found it pretty easy. The exams are sort of tricky but they honestly weren't that bad. It would be application questions that would give you a scenario and you'd have to identify different elements of the scenario. You just need to fully understand what is discussed in the lecture and do the practice exams (exams are open note and exactly like the practice exams). I honestly think most people are overreacting about how hard this class is. If you show up to lecture, actually try to understand the ALMs, and follow the rubric for lab assignments you should do well in the class.

Honestly not sure why this class has lower than 4 stars, the professor explains content very clearly and makes it clear what needs to be known. I've found it to be one of the easier upper-div psych classes. Most of the material I knew going in (correlation v causation, manipulating variables, random assignment, etc), but even if you don't, the professor explains everything very clearly.

While I did learn a lot from this course it felt like they were purposefully tricking us especially with the exams. The practice exams are not a good reflection of the real exam because of the tricky wording and answer choices. For example, they may give 2-3 answers that seem like the correct one and it is extremely hard to decide which is the correct one. While tough exams are expected for this course, my main complain are the TAs. Mine was very nitpicky, I quadruple checked my work but there was always a minor issue.

I have never written a review for a class, but this one deserves one. This class was by far the best class I have taken at UCLA. Please take 100B with Firstenberg if you have the chance. Firstenberg and the psych 100b team offer so much support to students like mental health checks and overall so much accessible help. The class overall is very easy if you put in the work. Lecture is not mandatory and you can watch the recording on your own time. Slides are posted. Tests are online and practice tests are given. DO the practice tests, the tests are exactly like it. Her tests are not meant to trick you!! If you did the practice tests and understood the material you will be fine. This is the first class I have earned an A+ in ever at UCLA and its bc of the support given. Professor Firstenberg is a very engaging professor and sooo sweet!! I personally did not go to lecture because I did not have the attention span to pay attention for two hours so I watched in on my own time. I dont find the book to be necessary at all (I opted out and never needed it). She also offers extra credit through a sona study and a very simple assignment! Your grade is based on the midterm and final (both online, multiple choice, 40-60 questions), weekly ALMS, and lab assignments that are graded either for completion or correctness. The material in the class is also pretty simple, theres not many different topics and she goes through them all in detail. Please do not let the negative reviews fool you, this really is a great class if you try!

This was probably the worst class that I have taken at UCLA. The professor was nice and made good slides, but the TA grading scheme was the problem. The grading was extremely unfair and the rubrics were unclear. As I would do the lab assignments, I would follow the rubric (which was vague) and I would follow the examples on the lab slides as well. There would still be something wrong with my assignment no matter how many times I would go over it and triple-check my work. There were lab assignments every week that were either based on completion (5pts) or there were assignments based on correctness (20pts, 30pts, 40pts, 15pts). There was a midterm (120pts, 25% of your grade?) and a final (120pts, 35% of your grade). Attendance was not mandatory for lab or lecture and the professor recorded the lectures. I have been told by friends that the summer course was better for them so maybe do that? Overall, this was not an easy class (I normally get straight As) so good luck!

I really did enjoy the concepts taught in this class, however Professor Firstenberg made it difficult for many students later on in the course when regrading assignments. I understand this class is meant to be a difficult class and has a reputation as such, but regrading an assignment 3 weeks after submission, without allowing students to change answers, and 3 weeks before the end of the quarter, just to keep the class difficult is absurd. If TA's were grading too leniently, then make them grade more strict on future assignments, not past assignments that we can no longer go back and change. Exams were also worded very weird. The practice exams were very clear and easy to understand, but exams were the complete opposite. Some questions genuinely felt like they were written to trick you into choosing the wrong answer because of how confusing their wording was. The overall homework assignments were actually really useful in helping to understand the concepts, and discussing the assignments in lab with the TA was very nice.

This class was harder for me than 100A, but it had a lot of details related to the book and lecture. SONA participation was like 2 points extra credit. The class had ALM, an online model helpful for the exams. Labs are mandatory. I loved that the lecture was posted on Canvas. There were two main exams.

The exams are super tough, though, so I would say start studying a week in advance because they're very detailed.

ALM weekly assignments, Lab worksheets, two exams, and extra credit are in the grade book.

firstenberg intentionally tries not to help you out and makes you guess how to do assignments and exams correctly. She tries her best to make sure no one does well. For example, if you have an A, the extra credit you do can’t bump you to an A+ but for everyone else it does.