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“I took her I-O Psych online and it was the EASIEST A I HAVE EVER GOTTEN”
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Reviews (122)
Not helpful at all she never answers your questions. Totally psycho during the strike. Never in a good mood. Told us the final was cumulative and it wasn't.
She's a cute lady, but what a ball of fire! She is so intense and answers questions like she's a politician-you'll never get a straight answer. She is not one to relate to the student either, she thinks shes above everyone, so she won't "humble&quo
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I guess she teaches the class ok. Tests are hard but it's all on the notes you take in class so nothing will surprise you. She is a nice lady and her discussion classes help you out with a lot of questions you might have.
Telecourse...BUT helpful via email.
helpful
She's psycho!! Everytime I asked her a question she'd practically bite my head off!! I thought she was gonna blow. Don't take her if you don't have to.
fantastic teacher. all you have to do is follow instructions and she will like you. if you want to slack off, it's not too good. but work a little and she will love you for the whole semester.
She is really hard to follow and very unpredictable. Does not like helping students and is one of the most unfriendly people.
Knows her stuff.
Mm... was not very helpful at all today- she is into her teaching but some of it is unclear. Afraid to ask!!! She was kinda mean since I was SICK and asked what I had missed since I emailed her. Seems like she will be hard to get along with...
Horrible teacher.. Not helpful at ALL! Very ride to students.
I really like her.She seemed hard to get along with at first, but once you get to know her she's pretty nice. She seems to not have any patience for really stupid students, I've noticed. The tests arent too bad if you take notes and go to the discussion classes. I would take another class taught by her.
Horrible teacher, so freakin rude and she doesn't care about you at all.
I took the class online. it was pretty easy but a lot of readings to do so that sucked.
i would NOT take this teacher.
judging by some of the comments I would say that most of you people are lazy freshman who just want to slack off in class and get an easy A. its not high school anymore, of course the classes are lots of work.. this teacher was not bad at all, just do the readings and the assignments and ask questions if your confused. no reason not to get a B or A
I'm taking the online class, but she acts like you do not know what you are talking about. Its very annoying, she just is so unapproachable even though she is pretty and smiles alot, she is into her head knowledge, but her comments weren't to bad....I wish she was more personable. Lets get her fired if she gives me a C in this class.....
On line course. At first she came across as unhelpful and arrogant. Don't let this throw you. At the end of the course she showed herself truly interested in her students and a forgiving grader. She can be unclear at times but in an online course the damage was minimal. Overall a fair/good teacher and worth my time.
This teacher isnt that great, i woudlnt reccomend her class but at times she looked pretty sexy for her age
Be careful. You are sponsible for every page of material. Her homework is basically chapter summaries submitted on line 2x each week. She reads every page and will post remarks on each of your assignments. It felt more like busy work and I've got plenty to do as it is thank you very much. She is very slow in responding to e-mail messages.
You can manage with the work. I liked the book selected. The work load isn't bad at all if this is your only class. Add another semi-demanding class and you'll be a busy little bee. She told us on the first day of class that we'd be working on Psychology every day in her course. She meant it.
I took the online course. It appeared easy in the begining, but she started to nickel and dime me on spelling and grammar, THIS IS NOT AN ENGLISH CLASS!!! In the end she gave me a C by .10 points for failing to write more uses for a MCDonalds cup. There was no set amount on that assignment. do NOT take her class you will pay dearly in grades. :(
I took the summer Telecourse Class that she offered...what a joke. All you need to do is watch the videos and do the study guide for each chapter and you will do fine. I got a B and I did the course in a total of three weeks, and I put hardly any time into the class. The tests are non-cumulative and a most of the multiple choice questions are sta
Agreed with other writer, must work almost everyday on materials. Class would be so much more inspiring if you weren't nit-picked for every detail; the joy of learning the material is sucked right out of it. Assignments are mostly written and left to teacher subjectivity. If you are an English major assume your ultimate best will get you a B.
I took the online course. It was very difficult and required a lot of work. Many of the concepts were hard to understand. The tests are 100 questions and are timed (80 minutes). You have about 45 seconds to answer each question and they are very difficult! She is helpful and very smart. I only got to see her during orientation and SHE IS HOT!
do NOT take her class no matter what. she is the most awful human being i have ever met. participation is HUGE, but if you try to answer a question and get it wrong she gets mad and says you aren't paying attention. she is ae teacher i would not reccomend her to anyone, unless it was someone i hate and want them to suffer like i have been.
Very rude teacher, Did not care for her. Class was a huge waste and she is a horrible teacher!! never ever take her class.
Don't know where all the negative comments are coming from, unless they are lazy freshman. Dr. Thompson is a good teacher and I enjoyed her class a lot. It was my first class in like 12 years and I got an A in the class by doing my wok. You can't expect to be in college and not work. She might be hard to approach but you're an adult get over it
I found the instructor to be cold and the class to be dry. She is not a very approachable teacher. I took the summer online course. Weekly post and homework,3 - 100pt tests with 80 min time limit (tedious). She is very picky and isn't always clear. Never addresses or teaches the class as a whole. Which is OK I guess but I wouldn't take her again.
She knows her stuff. As long as you come to discussion in which she takes attendance and lectures you should do fine. The class consists of three tests and the final exam, which is not cumulative. She is big on respect so try not to talk in her class, because she will call you out on it!
Prof. Thompson may have had the easiest course I've ever taken online. Your grade is based on a series of quizzes which students may retake as many times as they'd like, a post discussing each chapter, and a midterm and final that uses questions straight from the quizzes. Easy "A" and dispite the easiness a very interesting topic.
she teaches her own stuff...not really out of the book. She gave us half the final in a packet before we had to take it and she let us use it on the final! which was good! you have to do 2 summaries for the class...4 tests and the fourth is the final
Dr. Thompson is a passionate psychology teacher who really wants her students to learn. THIS IS NOT HIGH SCHOOL. If you think that this is high school, you probably won't do well in this class. If you actually put time and effort into the class, ask Dr. Thompson for help, and STUDY before the exams, you will do absolutely fine. I loved her!
excellent.
good teacher
awesome teacher, very helpful
i took this class as a on line class and if you didnt submit the work like she want you to she did grade you so therefore i did not pass. she will discouarage you becasue it seemed like no matter how i submitted my work or what answers i had it was not enough for her. the good thing about it i didnt have to lookm at her because it was a on line cla
this teacher is horrible do not take her she has no sympathy and she jumps from topic to topic during lecture and makes no sense
Online class. Extremely easy, but she would take off points and wouldn't explain why. I assume she was hoping I wouldn't notice because when I confronted her she didn't have anything to say. Definitely either study or be ready to flip quickly through the book for the tests!
Very hard teacher no matter what you do it doe not matter.
DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!! she does not answer your questions clearly, she flips out at the smallest things, she makes you take notes during lecture, but more than half the test is stuff in the book( no reason to take those other notes) a lot that she does is pointless. very unapproachable
Attendance is mandatory, even got a sheet in lecture we could use on final. Only 4 tests and the final is NOT cumulative. Important to go to class and take good notes to study for test.There are a few questions on each test strictly from the book but overall,book isn't used much. Go to class, take notes and study and you'll get an A.
shes a really rude teacher.. thinks shes funny when shes not .. the class was pretty hard because a lot of the stuff she lectured about wasnt even on the test.. a lot of it was from the book. the two papers were easy but she makes psych 101 a lot harder than it should be.
love her!!!
I am taking PSY216 online, and it is easy. I was worried about the class because of the reviews that I read here, but it is not bad at all! As long as you follow the directions that she gives you, you will be fine. There are only 3 tests for this class, none are cumulative. You can even work ahead as much as you want, since all the assignments a
All the people down there saying bad things probably just suck at psychology because i thought she was pretty good. very good examples, very good tests. i make notecards exactly off the notes and get a's everytime. go to class and study and you'll pass
She is not that bad of a teacher. She explains things well. Her only bad thing is that she doesnt really answeres questions if you email her or ask in discussion. take notes and youll do fine.
She's horrible. Psychology is pretty easy for me, but I dropped her because she was so rude. She would laugh at students questions, in front of an entire lecture hall, no less. Had no problem with ignoring you and/or pointing out how stupid your question was. Unapproachable outside of class as well. Do not take her!
I was worried after reading reviews, but her online class was an easy A. Just follow directions! The three tests were timed, but not cumulative. All assignments were online at beginning of the semester, so you can work at your own pace. The assignments were a breeze.
I took her I-O Psychology online and it is the easiest class ever. There are quizzes online every week, but you can take them as many times as you want until you get a 100%. You have to do one discussion board post a week as well, but you can work ahead and finish the class early. Two tests, neither of which are cumulative. Very easy A!
take her online class... easiest thing ever... you have to comment on each chapter.. literally like a sentence, then quizzes which you can take over and over again till you get them all right then two tests, midterm and final... seriously so easy
Took her online course, which was well organized and well managed. Didn't have much interaction with her since it was online, but she did take the time to make comments on all homework, and she offered helpful suggestions as well.
I took her I-O Psych online and it was the EASIEST A I HAVE EVER GOTTEN. TAKE THIS CLASS!! Save your quizzes that you take too - all the questions from them are on the midterm and final.. Easy, yeah? Oh and on top of that, you can take the quizzes over and over again until you get 100%! TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!
Her online class was very organized, She had everything she wanted done and posted at the beginning of Semester. Very Understanding, Great teacher, She knows her information. Highly Recommended!!
Good teacher! Well organized and does a good job in preparing you for the test!
Online class was organized. The assignments were mostly easy. The tests, however, 100 questions in 80 minutes covering very detailed information in book.
Worst handwriting ever. We would write papers for her and not be able to read her corrections because she wrote like a 5 year old. She's a good teacher but also really boring. I wouldn't recommend her.
Truly she is way too hard. She makes things more complicated then they need to be. took her online class. Good luck cause you have a ton of hard assignments and given 80 mins for 100 question test. They were really hard tests. I dont reccomend her. She was not helpful either graded stuff weeks late and emailed back really late.Pick another teacher!
I took her online class. It was the summer class too so it was A LOT of reading and studying. The tests were 100 questions with 80 minutes but if you read and do the very easy homework its def an easy A. open book tests.. what more do you want?
Horrible professor! Her expectations for her tests are WAY to high. !00 questions in 80 minutes with no study guid before hand... and thats for the online course. Don't try to use the books definition of anything, either. It's not good enough. you will get a C on everything. Really want a prof who doesn't understand your grade affects your life?
She is a horrible teacher! Talks way to fast, terrible handwriting, and does not help with any work being provided. Also gives attitude! Do not take her at all.
Elayne Thompson is good for nothing. She will not help you outside of class, even when u are having difficuty in the online class. The most she will do is send you to the tutoring center.
She lectures 80% of the test and tells you which other parts to read for the tests. She always tells exactly which questions will be essay questions. If you take good notes, pay attention in class, and study a little this class is an easy a. 2 essay throughout the semester is really the only homework she grades. Very easy class
After an initial rocky start she is a very understanding teacher. She tries to help you succeed.
I struggled with her class throughout the semester. But she is a very good teacher and if you read the book and do her work you will get an A. I got a B for her class.
4 exams ONLY nothing else, for entire course, based entirely off of the book/study guide/videos (you can find on youtube) .. read the book, watch the video, follow study guide and you will do fine on test.. its literally directly from those materials. I will note i never came into any contact with my professor, but i never needed to
Dr. Thompson was an amazing teacher! She loves Psychology and she is great at it. Always answered questions thoroughly and was very helpful. I would definitely recommend this teacher.
Took in a lecture hall the grade was three tests with the final being a regular test. Pretty easy class if you take notes.
She is a great teacher. She knows what she is teaching and will help you if your lost. She is very smart yet can be goofy. Great at her topics and tests were all used from notes.
Summer online PSY 245 course. Dr. Thompson was clear w/ requirements. Quizzes/discussion board posts were due periodically instead of all at once on the last day of class- this really helped me stay on track. The midterm and final were almost completely from the quizzes making them easy as long as you review the prior quizzes. Definitely recommend!
As long as you read the material, truly try to understand it, and turn your work in on time, you will get a good grade. IN THIS CLASS YOU TEACH YOURSELF A LOT. But if you need the extra help she is there for you. I really respect her as a teacher and her style of letting you be if you understand the topic and helping if not worked perfectly for me.
She is nice, but there is a lot of work.
She is great! The class is pretty easy. Would definitely recommend!
Your entire grade is made up of 3 exams. She gives great lectures for you to take notes on and highlights the important things that will come up again on your tests. Offers extra credit if you do poorly on exams, and she is passionate and easy to follow on her lectures.
Personally, I didn't like Dr. Thompson's teaching style. We had 3 exams (including your final) and ONE extra credit Her lectures were disorganized. She prints out outlines and occasionally writes while she speaks. She does not make pwrpoints or uploads lectures to blackboard. It's her way of "encouraging" attendance, but it is not taken
The book is a must, no way around not having it. She presents herself as tough but she's not as strict as she likes to appear (although I'm basing this off of an online course, never met her in person.) She can be a bit picky about small things like how your assignments are presented but as long as you stay alert to that. Highly recommend.
You will definitely need the textbook. Although a somewhat harsh grader, almost all of the work was straight out of the book. There were a few mistakes I made and she caught all of them. I don't feel like I learned too much, but for me, this was just a credit I needed. If you want an easy A and can put in the bit of effort, take her.
This professor got a lot of bad rates, but if you want an easy pass for PSY101 take this class. The homework and reading is standard each week. The tests are easy. The only thing I will admit is she is not very email responsive and it takes her longer to submit your grades. Read the chapters, take good notes, and you'll pass easily.
Professor Elayne was a great teacher especially for an online class. Her syllabus is very detailed so you know exactly what to expect. The class consisted of quizzes on each chapter, discussion board post, and two exams. She is really quick with getting back to you via email. If you do good on the quizzes you're gonna pass the finals!
Professor Thompson was a great teacher, very accessible outside of class, responds to emails very fast, rewards effort with better grades but still gives you a lot of feedback for things you might have missed. Like someone else said, if you do well on the quizzes and practice tests you'll do just fine on your finals. Definitely recommend!
Easy class if you show up and take good notes. Sometimes theres questions that are on the tests that are only discussed in lectures. There were 3 tests including the final , and there were in class writing assignments as well. Easy grader, as long as you do the work and study you'll get an A. Not a difficult class at all. Take her
Difficult to work with. I signed up for the online course for the flexibility since I couldn't be on campus all the time. But she expects you to work EVERYDAY in this online course and if you can't keep up with that, for you to switch to a on campus course. ORDER YOUR TEXTBOOK EARLY. She starts right away and if you dont have it, you're screwed.
Awesome teacher. Gives you most of the information you need for tests. She is an easy grader.
The adviser at orientation said this class would be a good intro to college. Dr. Thompson had the only class that when I was free. The online portion of the class made no correlation to physical class. She wants us to work on classwork every day; it's busywork. She didn't follow her own syllabus and just going to class is a big chunk of our grade.
She takes 30 minutes to explain a concept that could be done in 5. Lots of useless extra info that overpowers actual stuff needed for the exam. Easy tests, attendance isn't mandatory.
A little disorganized but she makes it very clear what will be on the exams. For Psych 101 your entire grade is based on exams. As others have stated she does spend to much time on some portions but you can tell its because shes genuinely interested in the material. I wont be taking her again but she isnt horrible as other people have said.
Not sure what everyone else is complaining about. Dr. Thompson is one of the easiest profs I've ever had. Your grade is based off weekly discussions, 1-2 really easy worksheets a week, and 3 exams. There are practice tests for the first 2 exams. If you get anything other than an A in this class, you have no idea how to use Blackboard.
Loved taking her child psych class. I was worried taking it online but I shouldn't have. She is easy to reach if you have questions and tells you what needs to be done. She pushed weekly discussions and it was nice talking to her as well as classmates online. Read the book and follow the test review and it should be pretty easy
A lot of reading to do but not a lot of work to do. As long as you read you should be fine. Easy worksheets and discussions to post. Each assignment is due every Wednesday. I recommend taking this class online.
It is a online class where you teach yourself, I find classes like this a bit annoying because you pay all this money for you teaching yourself. That being said she wasn't a very good teacher. There was no consistency in when she posted grades. She didn't even have all the homework graded before you were to take a test. I wouldn't take her class.
It's my first time doing an online class. I didn't like it. You had to read one chapter each week and fill out worksheets based on what you read and she is a tough grader. She even graded for a word that was not well written. Tests are timed and not easy. I would not recommend her for online class.
Don't recommend on taking child psych online with her
Does not communicate or teach well. Completely stopped teaching after switching online due to corona. Has a bad attitude and unwilling to further explain when asked specific questions. First day of class I asked how I should handle if I have to miss a specific date of class and her response word for word was : *scoffs* Drop the class.
She seems rude. Her feedback based on assignment made me feel bad. I put in lots of effort but with her "help" it really didn't made me feel successful.
I was a little hesitant when this prof told me my 400 points for the class was based only on 4 exams. The exams were alright if you showed up for class and took notes. She did not take attendance. She offered extra credit and extra worksheets to do to make you for your grade. If you pay attention in class and use the wksts to study you will be fine
You literally teach yourself. You have to read a chapter and do 2-3 homework assignments and a discussion board and then onto the next chapter with the same thing. Thats super easy but what really upset me is that she gives you ZERO points if you 1. don't put your name on the online assignment doc or 2. turn it in in the wrong format. No exceptions
Do not take Dr. Thompson!!! She does no lectures or any teaching of any kind. You read a chapter/week and then have a test on at least 4 LONG chapters. Read a LOT, do the homework, look at her comments on the homework, then repeat every week then take test. Only upsides are the tests are mult. choice and there's no final. Still, AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
Feedback on assignments before the test, but she does not teach, no instructor involvement, self-taught. If it weren't for my goal to be a school psychologist, I would give up on Psychology and in high school I loved it. Best thing is mult. choice tests, but every minute over on a test, you lose a point. AVOID. I wish I dropped the class earlier.
Her class is easy to pass as long as you do all your assignments and try your best
she is stuck up and has a dry personality. she does not lecture at all, if anything voices of what is on the powerpoint. you can have all the degrees in the world and still not know how to teach. it is a shame when you are head of the psychology department and other professors do more professionally than her.
no feedback. no communication. very particular on how she wants things done. was not helpful when reaching out to her. low response rate. Seems like she does not care
This class was only easy to me because I took AP psych in high school. If I didnt take AP psych in HS, I would of been so lost. She doesnt really update blackboard, and she is very particular about how she wants things done. She doesnt give a lot of feedback, and you basically teach yourself. Its about 2-4 assignments weekly, DB, and 4 exams.
I had her for two classes and let me tell you she does nothing at all. This teacher gives you one thing only which is the syllabus and from there she won't teach you a thing. She grades the worksheets very hard which makes no sense because she does nothing to teach you or help. There is no powerpoints or anything she does no deserve a job honestly.
Worst teacher I have ever had. I was so excited to take this class, because I was very interested in child psych. after taking this class I have no interest in pursing it anymore, because she makes me feel awful about my work. Homework is hard for no reason. You will never get 100 on HW no matter how hard you try. Don't take her at all for anything
She doesn't really teach. She tells you to read the textbook and reads off of the outline the whole class. She babbles and talks about nothing for half the class. The only grades we got were from the tests, and there's only 4. After the tests she usually gave extra credit.
This class was great because there was no homework. Only 4 exams and everything on the exam is things discussed in class. If you come to class and take good notes its easy to succeed!
Dr.Thompson is a very kind professor. She cares a lot about her students and always wanted us to succeed in her class. She offered many extra credit opportunities. There is a textbook that she never goes over, but strongly recommends that you read the chapters because she adds a few test questions that answers are only found in the textbook.
I thought she was good, the extra credit assignments she gave at the end of semester really helped boost my grade and she's very clear with the way she teaches her lectures. there is a lot of reading that she had us do outside of class that were mentioned on exams but other than that, the readings aren't that long and actually kind of interesting.
Professor Thompson gives feedback on every assignment I turned in. She takes the time to read through my assignments and helps me learn the material better in preparation for the midterm and final. Homework was minimal and the quizzes were not difficult if you read the textbook. She likes when you make your discussion board posts fancy.
I took PSY101 web and it was one of my favorite classes from the semester, the professor gives great feedback on your assignment to be able to have a clear understanding of the upcoming exam. I like how organized the assignments were and how understandable the schedule was for the class.
Great class! All assignments are based on the text book. I never found myself searching online for an answer because they were always in the book. Exams have unlimited time to complete. She always made sure to give me feedback on all of my assignments. If I had a question about an assignment she was very responsive. Definitely recommend.
This online course was a breeze. Just use the textbook for assignments, and do the extra credit. shes a good instructor who gives extra points for submitting all assignments on time. her feedback can be a little hard to understand though. the assignments don't take that long either, its usually 2-3 short worksheets and a discussion board post.
READ THIS REVIEW. 8 week ONLINE class. 3 timed exams. 3ish worksheet assignments weekly. LOTS of reading. Lots of material. You need to rent/purchase the online textbook ($50ish for rent). Self-taught class. Prof is very straightforward with what you need to do. Discussion post about each chapter weekly. One extra credit assignment.
Professor Thompson's PSY101 is a good option for those looking to fulfill a gen-ed requirement. While the workload can be heavy, using resources like the textbook and unstuck ai can make it manageable. She's an organized instructor who cares about student success.
The lectures were boring, and besides that, it was very difficult to listen to this teacher. She lacks energy and the desire to engage you. On the positive side, I have to mention that there is almost no homework. However, I would not recommend taking this class if you are a PSY major.
If you're taking other classes that are more difficult then definitely take her online class. Sooo easy and assignments were worksheets a middle schooler could do. Final and all tests are online & timed, but she lets you use your notes & homework.
English isn't my first language, but the content was manageable with good time use. Worksheets and the professor's guide helped a lot. The Macmillan e-book works best on a tablet. Exams are open-book, but read carefully! Don't submit assignments late—ask ahead if needed.
Everything is fairly graded and organized in blackboard. For the online course, there was an online textbook that you have to buy the access code for. While the readings can be a lot, if you take good notes and participate in the discussions, you will do well.
This class is a pretty easy A but her grading is so annoying and her feedback is so irrelevant. 3 exams open note but the homework where you have to explain every little detail she wants from the textbook sucks. Sorry we can't read your mind for the direction on assignments. Terrible professor who doesn't teach and no lectures.
Professor Thompson is very kind, you can tell she wants her students to pass. Blackboard is set up very well, and everything is posted at the start of the semester. It's all simple worksheets and 1 discussion post every week. Exams are long, but multiple choice. You can finish this class in a week and pass with an A if you wanted to. She's great
She offers alot of extra credit opportunities. She will tell you what will be on the test especially the written question at the end so you can prepare for it. she lets you use your notes sometime on test. She give handouts a week before sometimes about the test questions and then you turn them in and it is the exact same. Definitely take her!!!!
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
32%
Textbook Required
71%
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PSY
5.0
(1)PSY230
5.0
(1)PSY245
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(2)PSYCH101
3.5
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PYCH101
5.0
PYSCH
4.0
PSY116
4.0
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3.7
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