If you like Psychology, you’re gonna enjoy the course material. I think it was interesting mostly. The class itself is 2h long, so be prepared with a cup of coffee or you’re guaranteed to fall asleep some time during the quarter. There’s iClicker participation tracking during lectures (you can miss up to 4) and although all her slides and lecture outlines are uploaded, listening to her talk is still pretty much required since the slides sometimes just aren’t detailed enough.

Prof is great. If you’re ever unsure of something, go to her office hours (she always hosts Zoom office hours alongside in-person so it’s easier access). She’s really clear about what she expects from students so asking her clarification questions about things you don’t understand can be helpful. Lead TA Claire is also great and you can reach out to her via email too. Pre-exam make sure to do her practice questionbank- they’re pretty much what you can expect for the final. There will also be some labs, individual and group, which aren’t super bad imo, but please remember to review the lab content since she does put some of it on the midterm + final. Personally I didn’t read the textbook much but she does ask on some things there, but I think you can get away with at least an A- even if you dont read it and just go to lectures.

Tip: do the SONA credits at the start of the quarter otherwise you’ll be forgetting and panicking to meet the requirement during finals season

She was such an incredible professor for this course! She was very interactive and approachable, she really encourages students to ask questions and attend office hours. The labs are very straight forward, just make sure you keep in touch with your group members because the group work is pretty spread out so its a lot easier to just already have good contact with them. The lectures are clear and concise, super easy to review as long as you take notes because she posts the slides with key terms and concepts on them. She does use i-clicker for participation but you only have to get 50% of the questions to get participation points for the day so not bad at all! Her midterm definitely covered pretty much every topic discussed in class so make sure to study every lecture a decent amount. I didn't do the readings as much as I should have but studying the lecture notes and (LABS! REVIEW YOUR LABS TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THEM!!!) got me through the midterm and final just fine. They are very fair, nothing feels like it came out of nowhere or was intended to be impossible. If you have the chance to take this class with her definitely do it, she was so nice!

Super fair assessments but if you do bad on the final you are cooked. She is not the most interesting lecturer, but she cares so much about all of her students.

For any psych undergrads, TAKE THIS CLASS FIRST. If you lock in and learn key concepts here, other prerequisites and even other GEs will be a breeze because topics were already touched upon here. She's a great lecturer and made the class really engaging and entertaining. My only critique of her lectures is that she can go a bit fast at times, so you might miss some stuff (you can go off of slides later), but she's definitely a great professor nevertheless.

Exams are tricky, but use the test bank they give you as much as you can. The midterm really felt unfair and vague even if you studied a lot, but the final was a breeze in comparison. Do yourself a favor and start here.

She's chill and nice. Did not try that hard on the midterm and ended up with a B+, and got a good score on the final, but it didn't bring it up enough to an A. There's requriments to do 6 hrs of participating in studies or write 3 abstracts. I wrote the 3 abstracts, much less work than committing 6 hrs to research lol!

Tests are not bad but it is a lot of memorization. Going to class is pretty mandatory because there is iClicker. The workload is okay not bad but not ideal. The class itself is really easy to get an A in if you actually try but you also could breeze by and get a B.

Loved this class sooo much. Although it's a long lecture (1 hr 50 mins!), Dr. Paquette-Smith is an amazing lecturer, is super engaging, and also gives us a 10-minute break in the middle. She answers questions well and has really really good slide decks. She also showed us videos of studies and concepts and even demonstrated some of the concepts on us as well. There are a decent amount of readings (idk if you necessarily have to do them or not), but they're not that dense, just tedious mostly. I made flashcards from the readings and slides and was fine. There are also group projects, which was fun. Although I didn't think the final accurately reflected what we covered in the class super super well (it emphasized some things wayyy more than others despite them being covered for the same amount of time), the class was very fair and very interesting. Overall loved this class and would HIGHLY recommend having her as a teacher.

This was an amazing class—an overall great introduction to psychology! Professor Paquette-Smith is an incredible instructor. She is very clear about her class expectations, super helpful to students, and easy to follow. Let me give you a rundown of the class:
Monday's: Every Monday Professor Pacquette-Smith lectures the entire time using slides. Because the class is two hours long, she does provide a 10-minute break in between lectures. The lectures are recorded and posted after class, along with the slide presentations. That said, attendance is not mandatory but highly encouraged as she does use i-clicker questions to count towards participation.

Wednesday's: For the first hour of class every Wednesday, the professor lectures just as before on Monday. However, during the second half of class, you do a lab. The labs aren't your typical "lab coat, conduct an experiment lab" they're more assignments related to some of the material you're covering in class. During this time, the TAs and LAs walk around the room if you have any questions.

Tests: There are quizzes that you'll take about once a week covering the material you learned in the lecture (unlimited attempts). The midterm was about 35 MC questions and 2 short answer questions. The final was a total of 60 MC questions.
This class is honestly very hard to fail. There is a required textbook, but to be honest you can get away with never looking at the textbook. There were a few questions from the textbook that were on the midterm, but not so much on the final. As long as you're attending lectures and taking useful notes, it's pretty easy to follow the material. I found the best way to study for this class was by making flashcards and taking the practice tests that Professor Paquette-Smith created on her website: https://testyourself.psych.ucla.edu. Overall, great class, and an amazing professor. Would take it again and recommend it to all (not just psych majors)!

honestly a pretty solid professor. her classes are really engaging and fun to attend. i would highly recommend taking this class because it is relatively easy if you pay attention in class and take notes during the lectures. there are four quizzes that you can retake until you get the score you like and then there is a midterm and final. homework is pretty light with only one lab per week (most of the labs are completed in class so not really homework) and then there are sona requirements. summary- great professor, easy class, interesting/fun lectures, and not much work.

I loved this class, she was super passionate about what she was teaching so it made the class interesting. Attendance was mandatory which was kind of annoying sometimes, they checked through clicker questions. There were weekly labs that were take home and manageable. Easy intro class.