PSYC 2700

Interesting class. Patterson wrote the textbook so she knows her stuff. Study hard for the exams though; they're not as easy as you would expect and the curve is a bit rough.

Samantha Tornello was an awesome TA. Very chill and approachable, best TA I've ever had. Do the readings for the class. The class seems like really basic information so I barely read for the first test and completely bombed it.

Don't take this class. Take either 2400 or 2600 instead of this worthless class.

Really interesting subject but not a great professor. She has a monotonous voice and stumbles over her words a lot. But she wrote the textbook so she knows what she's talking about. I've heard a lot of bad things about the other profs for this class, so I'm not really sure there's a good prof to choose. If you're interested in this subject, definitely take the class anyway and take the discussion section too. The tests are tricky so study hard!!

Go to lecture, read the book (focusing mainly on the bolded terms) and you'll do well in this class. Only 3 midterms, no final. Some questions have tricky "distracters" so be prepared. Pay attention to small details.

Overall this is one of the easier psych classes.

Absolutely avoid this Professor. Grade distribution made no sense, and the multiple choice exams were poorly written.

This class was very, very picky with arbitrary grading (the curve is very extreme and you can go from an A to a B- on exams by missing 4 of the aforementioned very picky questions). Know all the small details in the book and statistics from class, she's really particular since she wrote the book. The optional discussion was actually interesting--covers the more intriguing topics that Patterson introduces in lecture. Riana is a great TA!

Patterson made the discussion optional, which was nice. However, going to class isn't especially necessary, but you HAVE to read the book and memorize stupid details about it. Her tests are very specific and require a lot of preparation to get a good grade. I don't recommend taking this class unless you're a psych major.

Her voice was so monotonous. Its a pretty easy class, but I fell asleep everyday in lecture because of her voice!

The lectures are sometimes boring, but attend them because she may show videos. Do the readings she says to because it will show up on tests. Three midterms that are fair. Not too hard of a class.

Good class and Patterson was better than I've heard about Lillard. Plus she wrote the textbook- so she definitely follows it and knows her stuff

Lectures were so boring as everything sounded like common sense. You must read book super detailed and take super detailed notes on all readings because her questions are specific. IF do that, the curve will be good so you'll end up with a good grade.

The only thing you need to know in order to do well on her tests is that she loves to ask specific questions about specific experiments and researchers she talks about during lecture and in the book (she wrote the textbook). I didn't know this and bombed the first test. Once I figured it out though, I aced the last two tests. There are three, non-cumulative tests that each count as 1/3 of your overall grade. Not a terribly stimulating class, but worth it if you're interested in children or if you would like to be a parent one day. Lots of practical information that I can apply to real life.

On a positive note, the class was actually pretty interesting and isn't very hard at all. Just read the book and you should be able to get an A. On the other hand, the lectures (as people have said before) can get pretty boring as everything Dr. Patterson says is basically on the slides. Overall though, I learned quite a bit (mostly from her book) and I'd reccomend it if you are interested in the subject at all.

I enjoyed the class, you dont really have to go to class. Just do the readings and you'll be fine and make sure you read the "articles" because they are on the tests.

Boring lectures, not much meaningful information.

Interesting material but in order to do well in the class, basically need to memorize all the chapters in the book. It's unnecessary to go to class. Your grade is determined by 3 exams and there's no final.

Easy class. Going to class was not necessary at all. Just read the book the day before and the tests aren't bad. Just commit a bunch of trivial facts to memory. 4 multiple choice tests, no cum. final.

This class was really interesting, and I learned a lot about the developing child. I was able to coast through it fairly easily.

Very straight forward exams, and lots of mini movie clips during lecture.

I went into the semester thinking this would be my favorite class; i couldn't have been more wrong. Lectures were boring at best. Discussion even worse, response papers due every week- impossible to do well on them. Watch out for the curve on the exams, not always favorable! I learned nothing and received my lowest grade of any of my classes.

The class was AWFUL. The lectures were pointless since everything was posted on a slide in a dark lecture hall. It's much harder than you would expect. I definitely would NOT recommend this class

You read the entire book by the end of the semester, but Prof. Patterson breaks up the readings pretty well so its not too much all at one time. Discussion section was pretty pointless but you have to go and it counts fo 25% of your grade. I'm pretty sure the TA's make up the tests which are pretty random at times. The last test, especially, was really poorly written-it included questions from footnotes in the book! But overall its not that difficult of a class but you have to do the readings, go to lecture, and watch the multimedia cd if you want to get an A.

Good, solid class- The tests are straightforward, the subject matter is interesting & applicable, and Patterson's lectures are a nice mixture of powerpoint and media. Pretty easy but not a gut - response papers due almost every week, a project, and a fair amount of reading (but what you'd expect from a 200 psych class).

Patterson is an amazing professor whose enthusiasm is infectious! Definitely take child psych with her!

This class is wonderful, especially if you like kids, and has great TA's. I would definitely recommend it for one of the 200-level groups required for the major. The section requires a weekly reaction paper, but they are only one page long and very easy! The reading isn't difficult and the tests aren't so bad either.

Tests had nothing to do with lectures...and they were poorly written. Avoid her.