I loved Professor Ankowski so much. Her lectures were extremely interesting. I wasn't originally thrilled about taking this class but she completely changed my mind within a few weeks. She makes everything really clear and I truly feel like I learned a lot in her class. A lot of people didn't want to read the weekly textbook chapter, but I must say it's essential if you are aiming to get an A in the class. It's not, however, boring and redundant like most textbooks. I found the text to be pretty interesting and not too long to the point I couldn't finish it in one sitting. The tests are fair and pretty easy. The average grades on all assignments and exams were a B or above. I highly recommend this class. It's easy and enjoyable.

The grade was based on the highest 2 of 3 exams and the performance of a group examination of an experiment. (Don't worry, the group project is not difficult). The textbook was quite dense and difficult to get through, but the lectures are crystal clear and quite enjoyable. Additionally, the book the instructor wrote is quite funny and an easy, informative read. She is always willing to help, you just have to ask. If you study the lectures and keep up with the reading, you will do very well.

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!

This class was pretty good overall. It covered lots of different topics within psychology which was helpful to see what parts of psychology you may want to learn further (if you want to do research, etc.). That being said, because it was an introductory course and didn't have much depth, it was a little boring. Professor Ankowski did use videos and different fun self-tests throughout lectures to make it more interesting. I thought the midterms and finals were very reasonable and although there was a lot of content to memorize, the questions weren't actually that difficult. The grading was a nice balance of iClicker participation, weekly lab reports (not bad), and exams. I would recommend this class with Ankowski if you are considering taking it.

Very well organized class. Clear, engaging lectures. This class provides all the resources you need to do well. She provides course outlines for each lecture which are basically like pre made notes. Those outlines had everything on the slides, so it was very useful to use the outlines instead of rewriting what was on the presentation. During class, I annotated those premade outlines with examples/other things she said during lecture. She also has a test bank with psych questions. V v useful!

My only complaint is that sometimes I felt like the TAs were a bit picky with the lab worksheets and took off unnecessary points. Try to go to office hours for each worksheet/report just to make sure you have your shtuff set.

Overall, I really enjoyed Dr. Ankowski's class!