Great professor! The exams are very lecture focused so as long as you go to every lecture and take notes you should do really well. She also lectures off of PowerPoint slides so you can go back and review the slides before exams. She's a lively professor with a sense of humor that won't bore you which makes an 8am class a little better. Take this class you won't regret it.

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.

You don't necessarily need the book for this class. She has about 3-4 questions about it on the exam, but you can pretty much just download the online version and skim through the chapters. The exam is mostly lectured based. You will not pass if you don't attend the lectures because she goes into depth about the things on her slides.

Just try to write down everything she says and study the Powerpoints. Not too bad!

Lectures are very fun and the professor is helpful. Exams are not as heavily lecture based as I thought, you for sure need to read the textbook carefully! TAs very great. Discussion was also fun. There is one easy group project, and one easy paper to write.

Did the bare minimum in this class. Great professor she is fun and very excited to teach i would recommend. Her and her husband wrote a book of experiments you can do at home and that is the required text for the class, its actually a good and easy read.
The class had 2 exams and an optional final the final would replace one of the exam scores that was lower than the final exam if you choose to take it. Taking optional final does not hurt your grade.
Discussion there is a group project on one of the experiments from her book. you have to present and write a short essay. Every week you are required to have 2 questions on the reading from her book and at the end of the quarter you will need a summary of 3 different presentations given throughout the section that quarter.
Tests are 50 Questions Multiple Choice non cumulative (except for optional final) not too bad if you go to class and study on your own.
I could have easily gotten an A or B in this class, but i simply could not wake up for the 8am it was too difficult so i went to class about 4 times in the entire quarter and still managed to pass.
Take this class just do better than me

CLASS MATERIAL: This class is by far the easiest psychology upper division I have ever taken. The material is very easy. Ankowski teaches more so breadth rather than depth, so you end up learning just the basics of most topics. This information is quite intuitive and I found that most of the information seemed like common sense.

PROFESSOR: Professor Ankowski is the most engaging woman ever. She is funny and tells stories about her own children. She makes class enjoyable, even when it is 8 AM in the morning.

GRADE: The grade is composed of two tests, a discussion group project, discussion questions, and other mini things combined into discussion (write ups and participation, etc.) She gives out three tests throughout the quarter and the top two scores compose your test grades. Most of what she lectures upon are in the test, with a few questions from her own book Think Like a Baby and another textbook. The discussion group project is extremely easy and you just need to put in the effort to get a good grade. Discussion questions were also easy. In general, as long as you put in effort, you will get a good group project and discussion question grade.

TEXTBOOK: The think like a baby book is hilarious and easy to read. Part of the experiments in this book are on the exam. The textbook on the other hand is dense and hard to read without wanting to fall asleep. She does have a few questions that are obscure and hidden in the textbook. I read through the textbook and ended up with a 95% and 100% on my exams.

I’ve taken Ankowski before for 130, so I was pretty familiar with her teaching style. What I would recommend for the tests is READ THE TEXTBOOK. It goes into so much more intricate detail of what she goes over in class. It made a huge difference between the midterm and final for me. I didn’t read the text for the midterm and got a 74% but I read it for the final and got an 88%. I think that is proof of how useful the textbook is. The paper is also easy to write, just shoot over to the TAs office hours if you have any issues. The TA was very good at helping with the paper. Also, you get 4 points added to your final grade by doing SONA extra credit! That can make a huge difference. Class isn’t too bad at all. Like I said, read the textbook and you will be fine!

So, I really enjoyed Dr. Ankowski's lectures. She's very clear and articulate and she kept the course interesting. She's a fan of the early mornings, which is not very convenient for most, but if you enjoy early classes, go for it. Personally, I commute a very long way and I wasn't able to make it to her morning lectures and had to listen to them via recordings, which honestly made it difficult to keep up sometimes. She uses no slides and she doesnt podcast. She writes on the chalkboard a lot, so if you're not in class, be prepared for a set back. The exam questions are SUPER tricky and there's not much time given to do them. I'v been getting As on exams for 5 years, with a couple of Bs here and there, and I got a 70% on the midterm for this class. So, you really need to have emotional stability when taking this course, because it is designed to make you critically think which is great, but it's also designed to emotionally wreck you, which is terrible. Also, KEEP YOUR LOAD LIGHT. I had to take several other heavy classes along with this which was a terrible idea and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. This is a very heavy class!!!!

I would like to preface this review by stating that Professor Ankowski is a great lecturer and I would recommend taking her class if you need to take Psych 100B. This review is strictly about the course's content which she has no control over.

I have never rated a class before, but this class warrants it. Despite being warned of the rigor and harshness of Psych 100B, I wholeheartedly believed that I could make it through this course intact- I was wrong. I am generally an A student with occasional B+'s, but after this class, I genuinely have no idea what I am. This class is a test of emotional stability and endurance. In essence, it is an enormous mind game (especially the tests). The group project was taxing- they attempted to pair the groups equally (emphasis on the attempt), but some groups were far more equal than others.

Tip: Prepare yourself mentally to receive low grades, and make sure your low grades are at or above the class and lab mean. If you're above the mean, you will be curved up.

Professor Ankowski is an average professor. Her lectures are easy to follow along and she is clear about the material. My biggest complaint would be with her exams. The exams are designed to be tricky which makes you second guess yourself.