PSYCH 121
Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
Description: Laboratory, four hours. Requisites: courses 10, 100A, 100B, 120A or 120B. Designed for Psychology and Cognitive Science majors. Laboratory experience with methods and phenomena from research on human perception, memory, and cognition. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2020 - Dr. Holyoak is a sweet and caring professor. His presence was pleasant in lab and he was always willing to help with our papers/projects. I think what truly matters in this class though is the TA. We had a wonderful TA this quarter - shout out to you Maureen, you rock! - and I'm not sure if she TAs every time but that definitely matters. You have 2 written assignments and one big group project where you conduct a study, collect and analyze data and write a long paper with your group. It sounds intimidating but Dr. Holyoak and his TA are there to help you the entire time and they were even willing to revise and give feedback multiple times before the final submission. Great lab!
Winter 2020 - Dr. Holyoak is a sweet and caring professor. His presence was pleasant in lab and he was always willing to help with our papers/projects. I think what truly matters in this class though is the TA. We had a wonderful TA this quarter - shout out to you Maureen, you rock! - and I'm not sure if she TAs every time but that definitely matters. You have 2 written assignments and one big group project where you conduct a study, collect and analyze data and write a long paper with your group. It sounds intimidating but Dr. Holyoak and his TA are there to help you the entire time and they were even willing to revise and give feedback multiple times before the final submission. Great lab!
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Winter 2021 - Professor Lu is a fantastic professor who cares deeply about students. Mary, our TA, was probably the best TA I have had in my two years at UCLA. She's super caring and goes out of her way to make sure that students understand what is being asked for. The class seems like it's a lot of work at first but it's very doable and you have plenty of resources to work with. The most stress I had was during week 4 when we had a Psychopy project due alongside a demonstration paper but even that was not too much. 121 is basically 100B with the exception of some basic coding. 60% of your grade comes from a group paper that you do at the end of the quarter just like in 100B. Just make sure to play your part and you'll be fine!
Winter 2021 - Professor Lu is a fantastic professor who cares deeply about students. Mary, our TA, was probably the best TA I have had in my two years at UCLA. She's super caring and goes out of her way to make sure that students understand what is being asked for. The class seems like it's a lot of work at first but it's very doable and you have plenty of resources to work with. The most stress I had was during week 4 when we had a Psychopy project due alongside a demonstration paper but even that was not too much. 121 is basically 100B with the exception of some basic coding. 60% of your grade comes from a group paper that you do at the end of the quarter just like in 100B. Just make sure to play your part and you'll be fine!
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Class was easy, but make sure you look over your final papers for little details and mistakes. It's not as hard as 100B and not as nitpicky, but TAs can grade hard for you not knowing basic APA format. Overall it's a nicer version of 100B since you go slower - not sure why 100B wasn't modeled like this to begin with!
Class was easy, but make sure you look over your final papers for little details and mistakes. It's not as hard as 100B and not as nitpicky, but TAs can grade hard for you not knowing basic APA format. Overall it's a nicer version of 100B since you go slower - not sure why 100B wasn't modeled like this to begin with!
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