I looooovvvveee Professor Ankowski. She is so passionate, knowledgeable, and made an already super interesting topic even more interesting. Work load wise, I'd say this class doesn't require too much effort. There are 6 8-point homework assignments that are pretty easy, I got an 8/8 on most of them with little effort. The tests are sorta challenging, I got a 90 on both and I didn't read the textbook. I feel like if I had read it I probably could have done better, but I didn't have time. If you know the definitions/experiments from lecture well you will do well in this course. I made quizlets and that's all I did to study and it worked out pretty well. Overall, TAKE THIS CLASS. She made me want to come to lecture... it was genuinely engaging and just a super enjoyable experience.

Professor Ankowski was super sweet and always understanding whenever I emailed her. Additionally, the content of the course was genuinely very interesting to learn about. I have a niece that is currently growing and found many of the topics that I learned regarding cognitive development in this class relevant to her learning stages! The midterms and final were not bad at all (all online and taken during a time window) and she even had a zoom up and running during that time window in case you had an issue with the exam (NOT for questions though, she made that clear).

Overall I stopped going to lectures after around Week 4ish because I was behind in other coursework but it didn't hinder my progress in the class. For the final I pulled an all nighter and watched over 7 lecture videos and ended up getting a 93. Very doable :)

Ankowski knows what she is talking about. When it comes to the way she teaches is that she uses a slideshow and basically reads off of them and adds on when needed. She does iClicker and she does this for participation points. When it comes to exams, they aren't too bad but please KNOW your terms and MEMORIZE the importance of Experiments. She gives a few extra credit points but nothing that can bump you a letter grade.

If you've taken AP Psychology, this class would be a least of your worry, and if you haven't it is easy to still follow along.

Dr. Ankowski made this class super interesting and engaging. She's really silly and has a comforting aura to her sorry idk how else to put it lolllolol. Lectures are recorded, i found the labs pretty easy (we mostly did group labs). the midterm consisted of mcq questions, some saq's, and the 2nd part of the midterm was a group exam which had the exact same questions that were on the mcq's but this time you answer it as a group. That saved my midterm score although it was only worth about 2% of the midterm itself... overall, she made this class super interesting and i would just recommend memorizing the terms and something that helped me a lot was applying what we learn to real life, I got soooo annoying with my friends but considering that i suck at studying, this "method" worked the best for me.

I love Professor Ankowski. Her lectures are extremely engaging and interesting and she is super friendly and approachable.

This is an easy class in my opinion. Ankowski is a great lecturer and even though I had her at 8am, I still found myself able to engage with the material during class. She gives a bank of questions to review before the midterm and final which are very helpful. Would highly recommend this class and professor!

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.