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!

She takes attendance on iClicker and it is an 8 am so take it at your own risk. Lowkey the exam had nt to do with what we learned so it was pretty hard the TA’s are soooo picky with their grading I don’t think I got a single lab with full points it was always 19/20 9/10 never full there’s not a lot of extra credit and the final is 32% of your grade so if ur a bad exam taker (like me) goodluck🤗. Amber is super sweet herself the course was just ugh

If you're thinking about taking her at 8 am, don't. she's a great lecturer, but I would not say she is a great professor. She knows how to deliver material, but it seems like she doesn't know how to substantially impact us to know what material we need to retain. There's clicker participation, which I don't think is fair because most of her lectures can be watched in your dorm. If you don't show up and only show up for group lab days, then you'll be just fine. She even had us do clicker participation for an 8 am lecture on Zoom the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break, which I found ridiculous. Everybody did poorly on her midterm even though we were all succeeding in the course, which shows she doesn't do her best at teaching material. If you put effort into the assignments, then you're sure to end with a good grade.

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!

To do well in this class, you need to have a good amount of time to study the content she teaches in lecture every week. Otherwise, you'll fall way behind. It's impossible to confidently relearn everything in a matter of a few days. The only reason I got an A- is because the (cumulative) final was online due to the TA strikes (midterm score went crazy tho). So otherwise...i don't even know. Assignments are okay, completely manageable. And she seems really nice, has less of a relationship with her students but it's understandable. Yea idk if I recommend this class. I guess I only do if you'll have actual time for it. There may be better and easier PSYCH 10 teachers in the sea.

Didn't go to a single lecture, barely watched the lectures too. Read through the slides before going to lab every week. Lab was really helpful I liked practicing the content with other people in class, and it kinda mirrored the lab assignments. Some of the lab assignments are graded on completion and some are graded on accuracy, so I def recommend going to ur TA's office hours to make sure you don't miss anything. Do the EC, don't underestimate the exams- I thought the first one was going to be really easy and didn't study enough and did average (B I think?). Just make sure you start the practice exams early and give your self enough time to get comfy w the material.

When entering this class, I was scared due to the prior reviews about this professor, but it truly was not bad at all. Ankowski was such a sweetheart and did her best to make all the different topics make as much sense as possible. She was always open to answering all questions, giving many different examples about a topic, and just overall a pleasant person to speak to! Even though some of the aspects of the class were tedious (ALMs), I truly did enjoy it.
The class is broken down into three categories: 240 points for lecture (120 for midterm and 120 for final), 120 points for lab, and 40 points for ALMs. The ALMs were graded on completion, so if you just met the word count you were chilling. They were weekly (except week 9 for us) and ranged from practice questions to reflections about certain questions or videos. It wasn't hard and helped give me a grasp of the types of questions they'd be asking. The lab section was graded on like 6-7 assignments throughout the quarter, where about 50 points were graded on completion and the remaining 70 were graded on correctness. To be honest, it really does depend on your TA. My TA was the sweetest human being ever and she always did her best to explain to us what was expected on the assignments and how to get the most points possible. Some TAs graded harder than others, so I kind of lucked out with mine. Labs are optional and to be honest I missed like half of them, but they were helpful because you would do a mock lab assignment in class and get feedback from your TA as a way to let you know what's expected. I would suggest going to all, but it's not the end of the world if you don't. The hardest part of the course was clearly the exams. They were written in a way where you HAD to understand like all of the content to properly distinguish from each answer. The average for both exams was a C+/B-, so if you start studying with proper time, you'll be okay. The BEST way to study for these exams is to review the practice questions. She gives you around 150-200 practice questions that really help understand what you do or do not know and were reflective of the content on the exams. I started studying the night before for both of the exams and received a 90% on the first one and a 95% on the second one. My biggest tip for this class, which might seem a little controversial, is to do the textbook reading and the inquizitive problems that go with it. I spent maybe 2-3 hours a week doing the assigned textbook reading and questions and even though it was VERY tedious and unnecessarily long, it helped me understand the concepts. If the topic doesn't seem important to you, which I promise will be evident, you can just skip it. Overall, though, I think this was the thing that helped me the most to ensure that I understood the definition and being exposed if different examples to understand what's being taught.
TLDR: Amazing professor, super accommodating, get a good TA, hard-ish exams, and super doable.

This class is the most 4-credit like class I've ever taken at UCLA. It's not your Chem 14 series where the 4 credits feel like 5. Honestly should be worth 3 credits from how easy it was.
There's no pre-class readings or textbook readings or anything. Everything taught in the lecture is what you'd expect for the tests. Plain and simple.
Don't let the 2 hour lectures fool you, theres a break in between and the lectures feel sooooooo slowwwwwwww like the material isn't that difficult lmao.
Exams are alright. Multiple choice with a short answer section at the end and VERY similar to how the question banks are.
She doesn't like sharing the question bank until a week or two before the exam but I'll be your angel: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mZn_vFnr489ePslCnrpCpG6or-MPLDgyPEal2wdh1bM/edit?usp=sharing

I Professor Ankowski is clearly super passionate about what she teaches, which translates to really good lectures. Honestly the worst part of the class was the 8 am lecture, but it was okay. There were iClickers everyday, so lecture attendance was mandatory. The tests were very manageable, and multiple choice. The class was super interesting, and honestly would take again. Highly recommend!