Pros: This class was incredibly easy! It's not hard to get a good grade at all. Grading depends on quite a number of things, including lab reports, article analysis, participation in research, short quizzes, and Poll Everywheres. There are many chances to make things up, so you don't have to worry about missing classes. Professor Paquette-Smith is very good at explaining concepts in a way that sticks, and slides are full of pictures. Tests (quizzes were mc, midterm and final was mc + short answer question) are all open-note and online, which takes off a lot of pressure. Course material is interesting and a good introduction to the subject I think. I actually did learn things that apply to my life, one of the articles we read was about how to combat test anxiety and ever since then I feel a lot better taking tests.
Cons: I love this professor and again her method of teaching is effective in my opinion, but because lectures are so long and a lot of the concepts I'm somewhat familiar with, I got bored during class frequently. Even on the second day of class I basically fell asleep, and that was the last time I ever sat in the front rows. I used to draw, or play temple run during class just to force myself to stay engaged. Also, one of the things part of the grade was participating in studies, and because I didn't really have time to participate in in-person studies, I had to complete a lot of online surveys that were super boring. Your enjoyment of this class may also depend on the group you choose at the beginning of the quarter, because it is the group you stick with for the remainder of the time. I was lucky and was in a group with cool people, but I know of others who were forced to do all of the work.
Overall: Would recommend, it's a pretty easy class with interesting material.

Professor Melissa Paquette-Smith explained all concepts really well and she used slides as the primary method of instruction. She answered all questions asked in lectures and tried to engage students even though it was a very big lecture hall. Lectures were long (1 hour 50 minutes) twice a week without any discussion session so it got a little heavy at times but Melissa would give a 10 minute break halfway through every class to help us focus.
There is a lab every Monday but it is fairly easy and manageable. The weekly workload isn't too bad: quizzes, article analyses and labs. The grading is fairly reasonable allowing us to drop the lowest quiz, article analysis and lab and there is 1 midterm and 1 final which are MCQ and short response.

I really loved Melissa as a teacher! Her lectures made sense, were very clear (that's saying a lot because I suck at science and I am a comms major), and she had a bruin cast that was really useful to look back on! I would really recommend studying for the midterm and the final though, because I got lazy and did not and it bit me in the butt. The only downside of this class is that there's a substantial amount of homework every week (article analysis, labs, etc) that makes it somewhat annoying and stressful. I really enjoyed her class though!

I loved this class! It was genuinely very interesting and the prof structured it in a very organized/clear way. Workload was very manageable

I took this class asynchronously, and it was pretty easy in this format, since exams/quizzes were open note and lessons could be completed at any time throughout the quarter. The professor adapted this class well to an online setting - the lectures were engaging and designed for learning; Melissa was a great professor and super helpful. I will say, however, that the workload can sometimes be too much, but it's not very difficult. Overall, I liked the content of this class, especially the focus on learning/studying techniques.

Melissa is the best, the setup during the online year has been really conducive to learning and student success in my opinion and she makes it really clear what our assignments are, when to do them, and what is going to be on exams. Loved this class!

Absolutely love her. You can tell she cares about her students and she is very passionate about what she does. This class was basically memory. Write down notes on the lectures and you’ll be fine. I probably would’ve had a better grade if it was in person and I was a little more focused. I loved this class though! 100% recommend

I took this class Fall 2020 during the COVID pandemic. The class was formatted so that each week we had 2 lessons posted on CCLE which each included about 1-2 hours of material. We also had live lectures on Monday that sometimes were mandatory. There was no midterm in this class, but there was a final. Every couple of weeks we had a lab which sometimes were a little challenging because the graders can be specific and quizzes which also could be a little tricky. However, it is not that hard to keep a high grade in this class as long as you take notes from the lessons. The final was not that difficult and was mostly multiple choice and had a small short answer section. Overall, Prof Paquette-Smith is a great lecturer and her lessons are very interesting. I would recommend this class.

*I took this class during the COVID-19 era.
This class was amazing! Professor Paquette-Smith made it very easy to understand and be interested in psychology.
All of our lessons were pre-recorded so we attended the live zooms to work on the labs. Our quizzes and final were both 20% of our grade. The lowest quiz grade was dropped. There was no midterm. We had to do lab reports which were fairly easy. We also had video assignments.
Overall, the professor is super nice and the class is pretty easy as long as you try. I would recommend going to Office Hours if you need help. Also, attend the live zooms if you can.

I took this class to fulfill some pre-reqs for some classes and graduate school, but I honestly thought the course material was pretty interesting! It's basically like the AP Psychology course you took in high school––so if you previously took that course this class can seem repetitive––but overall I enjoyed my experience in this class. Paquette-Smith does a great job of explaining the concepts, and everything you need to know for the quizzes/exams are in the lectures. I didn't go to her office hours, but from attending live lectures, she seems really sweet and is very patient with her students.

We didn't have a midterm, but we did have a few quizzes throughout the quarter, so I would advise to stay on top of all of the weekly lectures and classwork. Work can definitely pile up if you leave everything at the last minute, so I would advise you to spread everything out during the week. There is some group-work for labs, but the labs were pretty easy and were not worth a lot of points. Overall, I highly recommend taking Psych 10 with Paquette-Smith!