PSYC 2700

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.

Boring lectures, not much meaningful information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.