If you took AP Psych this class should literally be a review, but to new comers its actually a fun class and you go over many different interesting topics. I thought Professor Clark was a great teacher, not sure why others are saying otherwise. She talks to you as if you're a child BUT it helps make things more clear and easy to understand. There is only one midterm and one final. Her tests didn't seem that hard as long as you know terminology and can give examples of them. There were questions that could go many ways, but the tests overall were not horrible and very doable. Just reread the question.
Remember to study labs for the exams!

DO NOT BUY THE TEXTBOOK!! You never use it and I found it online.

Psych 10 has the potential to be very interesting. Although just an introductory class, we discuss many interesting studies and concepts. However, Professor Clark addresses the class as though we are kindergarten students, and, despite this, makes exams confusing and complicated. This class is okay when watched at 2x speed on Bruincast, but clicker questions and lab assignments make that impossible most of the time. She constantly defends psychology as a science as if we are fighting her on it.

It's a fine class, and it's easy if you half pay attention, but it's terribly boring and not really worth taking.

Take PSYCH10 with Prof. Clark!!

I don't understand why some of the reviews here are so horrible. Professor Clark is very kind and engaging. She always tries to make her class interesting and she would try to make jokes every once in a while. Although some of the jokes did not land, I appreciate her effort.

Yes, she does shush people when they are talking really loud in class. But, what do you expect? You go to class to learn about the materials, not learn about your classmate's personal problems. If you get shushed, it just means you're being disrespectful to the other students who are trying to learn.

Her workload really isn't heavy at all. She gives us a proper time length to complete quizzes, and labs. And she also told us in the beginning of the class that "you should read the textbook because i will take materials from there" but honestly just go through her slides and you'll be fine. She takes most of the materials for the exams from her slides anyway.

so yes!! take her!!! u won't regret it

This was an interesting class and Professor Clark is so sweet. She's really quirky and passionate about psychology. The midterm and final were harder than I expected, but I started studying really late. She gives great advice and helpful tips throughout the course, and if you follow her advice, it's easy to get an A. Labs are usually group projects, so make sure you find a good group the first few classes because you stay with the same group throughout the course. There are online quizzes once in a while, but they're worth 5% and pretty easy if you pay attention in class. The grade is based off of clicker participation (5%), quizzes (5%), the midterm (35%) , final (35%), labs(10%), and a final lab report (10%). There's also no discussion for this class, which is nice, but the class itself is a 2 hour long class. Overall, a great class and a great professor to take it with!

The midterm and final had little to do with what was talked about in lecture. Questions were very detailed. Difficult for an intro class.

Dr. Clark is one of the sweetest people you'll ever meet, but she can get VERY confusing as a professor. The content covered in lectures and on the online practice quizzes is very different than the content on the midterm and final. She also doesn't take questions during the midterm and final, so you have to write whatever questions you have on the back of the test and she says she'll go over them (she doesn't). Also, she assigns a group lab at the beginning of the quarter and make sure you choose a good group, bc that will be your group for the final lab project at the end of the quarter. Overall, she is a nice person, but not a very organized teacher

Psych 10 was the first psych class I've ever taken and I was nervous going in but TAKE IT WITH CLARK. She is very engaging and always does fun experiments so you con test some of the things you learn on yourself and and a feel like i learned a lot of material in a very concise way. If you go to class PAY ATTENTION and you honestly should be fine. The tests are pretty easy, the midterm is late around week 6/7 and she says the final is cumulative but its 70/80 percent stuff from after the midterm so its not too bad just make flashcards for the terms. DON'T BUY THE TEXTBOOK, its a waste of money, didn't open mine once tbh. She is very supportive in office hours and takes the time to explain things as many times as you need to understand the topic. Also pay attention to where you sit for the first labs because that will be where you have to sit every time, and lastly get your 6 SONA units done before week 4 so that you don't have to worry about them during and after midterm season when there aren't any left so you don't have to write papers.

For Psych 85 with Courtney:

-selling my study guide for 10$ (for both) the midterm and final for this class. Spent a lot of time answering these and putting them together which will definitly give you an A. :) Shoot me a text **********

I absolutely loved this class. I found it to be engaging and very interesting. A few tips though:
-Go to class and pay attention! everything on the midterm and final comes from the class (in fact, you don't even need the textbook), and part of the grade is based on participation which is just easy iClicker questions (that also help you prepare for the tests)
-If you're confused about something go to office hours. Clark is very supportive and is willing to sit down with you to discuss anything you want. I also highly recommend that you go to office hours after the first midterm. For my class at least, we had to go to office hours to see our tests and I found the feedback very helpful. Clark is also super nice and friendly.
-Do all the labs, they're easy points and you can complete most of them in class
-Enjoy the class! It's interesting and very little work. If you just pay attention in class, you'll barely have to study :)

Prof Clark was not very helpful. The midterm and final were both extremely detail oriented, with questions on topics briefly mentioned in lecture (<2 minutes) and super specific pieces of information literally mentioned only once. The study sessions led by a TA before exams were also very unhelpful, covering topics very generally/broadly in contrast to the content of the actual exams. Would not recommend this professor.