I absolutely loved this class a lot. The professor is super clear about the content, not to mention that the content is extremely fun and fascinating. Every week, we have a maximum of two hours worth of lecture, and usually a lab or video assignment, article analysis, quiz, or some combination of these. The labs are usually pretty simple; as long as you watch the lectures and look at the lab slides, they should be pretty easy. The video assignments are a bit more annoying, because she wants you to follow specific guidelines, but still stay within the allotted time. The article analyses were a bit more challenging for me, because they involve reading actual scientific papers and noting down certain aspects of them. The quizzes were pretty easy, and focused more on application than pure memorization. The midterm was very similar to the quiz, but differed in that there was a written portion to it. However, it was easy nonetheless. We also had a group lab project two times the whole quarter, which involved designing a study, running it, and individually writing about it.

Overall, the class is an easy A if you stay on top of your work. It can be a lot of material and assignments, but nothing too complicated. The professor is also very accommodating, and made the final optional.

Psych10 w/ Paquette-Smith was such a great class w/ a professor who seemed to genuinely care about her students. First of all, the professor showed support to her students by changing the course work grading scheme (basically made final optional for me b/c I did great on the midterm) during the ongoing racial / civil rights movement which I highly appreciated. Also, she dropped one lowest lab, video assignment, and quiz scores and three video assignment which really removed the pressure of getting everything done perfectly. I guess the workload often could be heavy if you procrastinate til the Sunday when all the assignments are due like i did, but they were definitely manageable and easy, Also, you had to watch the lectures and complete the questions between lecture videos (counts as video lecture participation) by Sunday, which was kinda annoying but helpful in long-term for me b/c the questions between the videos and watching lectures that counts as grade really helped me pay my full attention to absorb the lecture materials and do well on my midterm. The professor gives out a test bank which was helpful when I studied for my midterm which was easy as long as you paid attention during the lecture and took some notes down (you don't even have to technically cuz she gives out powerpoint notes, but you will miss out on some details), The video-assignments, where you have to record yourself explaining the answer to the question professor gives out for a minute without looking at a script, was sorta weird, but the grading was pretty lenient as long as you followed the prompt. Labs and article analyses were super easy along with all the reports you have to write after completing 2 easy group "projects" (you basically just have to make 2 simple psychological experiment / surveys); you only had to go on 2 discussion sections your entire quarter to discuss with your group about your projects which was great cuz I really hate discussions, and I was in a totally diff time zone. Honestly I can't really find any flaws with this class b/c as a person who has never taken a psych class before, this class explained the basic psych concepts throughly. Some assignment took more effort and time to complete, but they do connect with the ideas you learn in lectures and help you understand the material better. I enjoyed this class a lot so TAKE IT!

Course Grading Scheme:
Quizzes - 10%
Video Lecture Participation - 5%
Labs - 10%
Video Assignments - 6%
Survey Lab Report - 5%
Experimental Lab Report - 5%
Mini-assignments - 1%
Article Analysis - 3%
Higher exam score - 40% or 50% (you can choose)

Professor Paquette is so great! I may have had a different experience, because I took this class remotely due to the pandemic. Nonetheless, Paquette was very thorough with her explanations. There is a lot of material to learn, but I found it very simple to understand. I often paid lots of attention while doing her lectures, and found that I did not need to study much once the exams came around. Overall, Paquette is very clear, very helpful, and a queen for being so considerate of her students during the pandemic and during times where peoples' lives and well-being have to be prioritized.

I enjoyed this class a lot! I felt that it gave a great overview of psychology. I appreciated Prof. Paquette-Smith's ability to be flexible for her students due to COVID and I felt that she was fair and understanding. I personally like when professors follow their slides, and she definitely did this. I also liked the asynchronous format . There are many small weekly assignments and allowing students to watch lectures and complete these by Sunday lets students plan their weeks better. Overall, I thought this class worked well remotely.

Great professor :)

This class takes a lot of studying and all of her test questions are examples. EX. If this person can't remember the future what kind of Amnesia do they have? Questions like this so you must study while thinking of examples. Overall, she's a pretty good lecturer and will give you suggestions on how to study certain concepts.

Class is great! Took this class first quarter of my freshman year. I went in very anxious and basically prepared to get grades I was not going to be proud of . However, this proved to not be the case. PSYCH 10 was a very interesting and engaging class. Prof. was very organized and the expectations for the class were very apparent. She shares slides and outlines of lectures with students and the course is also recorded.

With Paquette-Smith we would lecture entirely on the first day of the week and on the second day split between lecture and in class lab. Everything is very manageable, reading was dense at times, but also very helpful as a supplement to her lectures.

I got an A on both the midterm and final and finished the class with a high A. The TAs and LAs for this course are great. I would highly recommend this course with this professor to absolutely anyone!!

This class wasn't too tough, but the final is cumulative which really messed me up. I didn't expect to get an A because of the final, but by the grace of God, I did. Pacquette-Smith is an OK professor, not a really fun class but the labs are easy to do and she provides a lot of help if you just ask her. She assigned a lot of leadership to one of the TAs, who is not very helpful and is kind of a know-it-all. For the final review, he provided information that was relevant to the other introductory to psychology class and not ours, so it wasn't really helpful. The midterm was ok, just a lot of memorization, but the final was a bit more rough.

I would not take this class. The final was impossible and I got a D on it and I studied so hard.

Final is rough. Lots of group work. Online quizzes will bring your grade down. Good luck on the final.