PSYCH 10
Introductory Psychology
Description: Lecture, four hours. General introduction including topics in cognitive, experimental, personality, developmental, social, and clinical psychology; six hours of psychological research and a grade of C or better required of all departmental premajors. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2023 - (selling my textbook, https://www.ebay.com/itm/**********31?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-**********-0&ssspo=FtTKCQxASBW&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=x6xs5qayqga&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY) Took this class over the summer, online, and remote! The biggest thing I loved about this class was that the tests and homework were all open note, textbook, and internet. It made learning much less stressful (which was the professor's intention), and made it easier to focus on what you were actually interested in. Though the test is open-everything, you would still need to have a basic understanding of the knowledge and put some effort into the tests as not all the questions have upfront answers. You will definitely need the textbook, much of the test questions were pulled from the book and not covered in class. There is a decent amount of reading (but this was because the 10 week class was condensed into 6 weeks) but it is very manageable if you are responsible. Mr. Murphy is very helpful and responds to emails pretty quickly and is always ready to set up a Zoom call to discuss any questions or concerns. Overall, (and he said this too): there's no reason not to get an A in the class unless you're forgetting to submit assignments or don't put any effort into the tests. Would take this class again!
Summer 2023 - (selling my textbook, https://www.ebay.com/itm/**********31?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-**********-0&ssspo=FtTKCQxASBW&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=x6xs5qayqga&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY) Took this class over the summer, online, and remote! The biggest thing I loved about this class was that the tests and homework were all open note, textbook, and internet. It made learning much less stressful (which was the professor's intention), and made it easier to focus on what you were actually interested in. Though the test is open-everything, you would still need to have a basic understanding of the knowledge and put some effort into the tests as not all the questions have upfront answers. You will definitely need the textbook, much of the test questions were pulled from the book and not covered in class. There is a decent amount of reading (but this was because the 10 week class was condensed into 6 weeks) but it is very manageable if you are responsible. Mr. Murphy is very helpful and responds to emails pretty quickly and is always ready to set up a Zoom call to discuss any questions or concerns. Overall, (and he said this too): there's no reason not to get an A in the class unless you're forgetting to submit assignments or don't put any effort into the tests. Would take this class again!
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Summer 2018 - She is a very skillful, funny and helpful professor. I always felt supported by her. Her class was not easy and the rigor was among the highest I experienced at UCLA, but I learned a lot from it. I think this class really influenced me to pay more attention to psychology in my life and enriched my college experience.
Summer 2018 - She is a very skillful, funny and helpful professor. I always felt supported by her. Her class was not easy and the rigor was among the highest I experienced at UCLA, but I learned a lot from it. I think this class really influenced me to pay more attention to psychology in my life and enriched my college experience.
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Fall 2016 - I switched out of the psych major at the beginning of the quarter, but I couldn't get into anything else and Oppenheimer's lectures seemed interesting so I stayed despite not receiving any real credit for this class. I wish I'd opted for P/NP because I'm a little concerned about the final. Midterm was hard but the class is curved, so we'll see how it ends up. Oppenheimer is a super great, entertaining lecturer, but a really tough grader. However, lab and homework credit are just participation credit, plus they drop the lowest homework score (so you can skip/forget one without consequence), so there's some cushion for the grade despite the hard exams. Friday lab is long but not too hard and can be interesting if you like research design. There's no textbooks and the required reading for Friday lab is really not necessary. Overall, I'd recommend this class as a fun intro psych course, but definitely not an easy A from what I can tell so far. He's a nice guy and very willing to help.
Fall 2016 - I switched out of the psych major at the beginning of the quarter, but I couldn't get into anything else and Oppenheimer's lectures seemed interesting so I stayed despite not receiving any real credit for this class. I wish I'd opted for P/NP because I'm a little concerned about the final. Midterm was hard but the class is curved, so we'll see how it ends up. Oppenheimer is a super great, entertaining lecturer, but a really tough grader. However, lab and homework credit are just participation credit, plus they drop the lowest homework score (so you can skip/forget one without consequence), so there's some cushion for the grade despite the hard exams. Friday lab is long but not too hard and can be interesting if you like research design. There's no textbooks and the required reading for Friday lab is really not necessary. Overall, I'd recommend this class as a fun intro psych course, but definitely not an easy A from what I can tell so far. He's a nice guy and very willing to help.
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