Pretty easy lab. I like how everything was weighted equally, for ex: assignments 25%, paper 25%, participation 25......etc. It took a lot of weight off my shoulders. I was able to get an A pretty easily by always attending lecture and completing every assignment (received full points). I got a 93 on both my paper and poster. 8 page maximum, but I only did 6 and still got an A. I recommend this lab with Ankowski, however; she's a bit intimidating. I always went to the TA's office hours because of that. She doesn't seem welcoming but when you talk to her, she's pretty cool and helpful

Ankowski is very nice. In COVID-19 times, everything is asynchronous, set all due dates consistently at 11:59 PM every Friday. No midterms, just quizzes and a final exam. You can command F all her lecture transcripts and the textbook for them. My only gripe is that you can't check back prior questions to make sure you inputted the right response. Other than that, relatively easy class.

I was worried about taking this class at first, but this class was actually super chill. Unfortunately, your overall grade sort of depends on your group, but otherwise its super doable.

Very straightforward class! Exams are open-book, open-lecture, and your grade is based on a few assignments (short paragraph-style responses to lecture), midterm and final, and participation. Participation is either CCLE discussion board posts or office hour attendance. If you've done any linguistics coursework, this is going to be a breeze.

this is one of the most useful classes i've taken at ucla so far and im pretty surprised at how well this class went for me bc i was absolutely DREADING it based on what others have said. as you probably already know, your experience in psych 100b will mostly depend on who your TA and who your group members are. the quizzes were about every other week and only consisted of 3 MC questions; they were like a mini version of the exam. the lecture content itself was pretty straightforward and there were only a few concepts i had trouble understanding at first. dr. ankowski is a great lecturer imo. she's so bubbly and presents the material using easy to understand language and examples. i've never gone to her OH but she seems really approachable. in lab, you'll be going over how to write a research paper in addition to reviewing and practicing concepts from class.

tips i have for taking tests and quizzes:
- sounds obvious, but do the practice tests and work on them as if they're the actual exams. give yourself a time limit, annotate the questions.
- look at the question, and try figuring out things like the IV, DV, confounding variables, etc BEFORE looking at the choices. most of the questions are basically formatted like a scenario, and you have to answer questions based on this.
- rewatch lectures if things are still unclear. one useful tip they gave us was when watching lectures, jot down the time stamp of topics so that you can just rewatch that portion if you still don't understand fully
- this depends on your own studying style, but give yourself enough time to study before the exams so that you're not studying last minute. the exams and quizzes were at 8am </3 so definitely get a good night's sleep before
- i didn't have any friends in this class </3 but it might have been helpful to have someone to discuss concepts and test questions with

tips for lab:
- i got really lucky and had an amazing TA and group mates. go to office hours, even if it's just to ask a few clarifying questions. you don't have to be besties, but make the effort to go talk to them
- if you are already a decent writer, the odds are in your favor. but if you're not, you can improve! start on your writing assignments early, and use the writing guides and resources provided. what i did was just outline the day it was assigned, and then worked on it each day leading up to the due date. i found the resources on transition words and research sentence structures really helpful.
- participate. ask questions, answer questions, add on to your classmates' points. but don't be the annoying one that hogs up all the participation opportunities. it was much easier to participate online because people could just type in the chat, so definitely put more effort into this if discussion is in person
- communicate with your group mates. even if you have to pick up the slack, delegate roles. (e.g. _______ is going to turn this in, _______ will write this section, _______ will make these materials). we were assigned our groupmates, and i think it was based off on our individual work styles.
- start on your final paper ASAP. just outline and write as you go.
- have someone read your paper! whether it's your roommate or a student from the writing center. it should be able to be understood by anyone, even if they're not a psych major

i did not use the textbook at all, so there goes my $60 down the drain. don't buy it. just focus on the lecture material itself. i referenced the workbook a few times when writing, but your TA will most likely give you the necessary pages. the workbook was sort of like a guide to writing each section of your research paper.

good luck in this class besties!! you can do it!!

I still cannot believe that I got an A finally. You can see how terrible and unreasonable the class structure is from other reviews, but I still wanna say: don't panic when you mess up with one single assignment. I was really frustrated and uneasy when I found that I got a very very low grade for my project proposal--in fact I believe our group got the worst grade in the section. However, I didn't give up and tried my best to do other assignments. I think my participation grade should be high because I contributed to the discussion every time, and my other assignments are fair (even though for the last assignment I scored below the mean). That's why I got an A in the end I think. Also, don't forget that you have the lecture part to boost your grade. The materials are fairly easy to understand, and the professor is a good lecturer. I scored over 97% for my lecture part. In conclusion: don't panic; don't freak out; try to talk to your TA about your grade and what's on your mind when doing the assignment (sometimes they would change your grade if you really persuade them); do well on your lecture.

This class really is not as hard as its made out to be. For lab, I would say just stay on top of your assignments and make sure you get ample feedback from you TA. For the lecture, watch all the lectures and do the practice exams. If you do the above, you will be fine!

100B is overall an unpleasant class to take, but if you're gonna take it with anyone it should be Ankowski. Her lectures are pretty straightforward and she uses good examples to make everything clear; the exams aren't that bad. The only heavy and challenging part of the course is the lab and the amount of group work you have to do, but that mostly depends on your TA. She also offers some extra credit and lots of resources to practice course concepts.

I'm sure that by the time Professor Ankowski teaches this class again everything will be in-person so your experience will likely differ.

Professor Ankowski's 133c class is extremely interesting and is very straightforward. Professor is caring and always sends us reminders about deadlines/weekly lectures.

I thought the quizzes and assignments were straightforward. Highly recommend as an elective.

Overall: 5/5

I absolutely loved this class with Professor Ankowski. The class workload was extremely manageable. The weekly ALM assignment is completion based (and the lowest score gets dropped so you could essentially miss 1 week's ALM). The lectures were not mandatory attendance. They were all recorded and posted quickly after lecture finished. The labs were also not mandatory attendance, but I attendant every single one because they were super helpful in reviewing the week's lecture material, and I feel like they helped me score well on all of my accuracy-based lab assignments. The most difficult parts of this class are the exams and the lab assignments. Half of the lab assignments are completion graded, and the other half are graded on accuracy (pretty harsh grading). You need to hit every single component of the accuracy-graded lab assignments/rubric, or else you could end up losing a lot of points. I spent quite a bit of time doing these assignments and I never ended up missing a point, so it's definitely doable if you pay close attention to the instructions and you ask you TA for help! The most helpful component of this class is the office hours! I absolutely loved my TA. I went to the office hours for every accuracy-graded lab assignment and she helped me with every single part/answered all of my questions. Don't leave the assignments until the last minute. There are 2 exams, and the 2nd exam is during week 10, which is super nice because you are done with the class by the beginning of finals week. The 2nd exam was harder than the 1st (the 1st was pretty easy because the topics covered are familiar, such as IV, DV, control variables). It's so important to read every single answer choice carefully, but the practice exams prepare you well for both tests. I loved 100B, and I would definitely take it again!