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Very interesting and outgoing professor. Very helpful with problems you have. Tests are not the easiest, can be tricky. Study her notes and you should do fine.
great teacher...she makes the work very easy...go to every class, takes notes (cause she will not provide them outside of class) and you got an A...she's young so she can relate to us as college students (like not giving exams or finals right before the holiday breaks)
She's young, nice and clear about the work that needs to be done for the class. Go to every class and study the notes hard for the exams. The tests are not the easiest, but if you study the notes, there will be no suprises.
Very energetic, friendly, funny. Makes lecture fun. Tests can be a bit confusing and are somewhat tough, but she does a review session and will answer any question in advance. Wants you to succeed, and you will if you pay attention and take notes. - And you'll have fun doing it. If you take one PSYCH 100 class this year, take this one.
blech.
Blech? She's young, understanding, fun, and hilarious. She has actually inspired me to change my major to psych. She made it very fun and I definitely would recommend to take her class!
she's amazing and young so the class is very upbeat! she makes the class fun and interesting! i never once looked at the clock during class. as long as you take good notes the tests will be very simple.
Prof. Weiner is a great professor. She's very clear about the subject and she makes it fun! Her exams are a bit difficult, especially the final! If you do consider taking her, you must show up in class every day and take excessive notetaking!
She's a great prof...i like her so much~!She gives a lot of notes in class~!! THe test is kinda hard but then if u pay attention in the class..i am sure wont have any problems~!!! hahaha!!Good luck!
Best teacher i had all semester. She's funny and helps you with the work if you dont understand it. About 3 tests and only 50 questions a piece. No Homework and no research paper. THE BEST PSYCH 100 EVER
Says "Its not important" for almost every slide in her powerpoint presentations and then you get slammed on the exams. She seems to be nice tho. Dont be blinded by her looks, she may say "its not important dont copy it" but chances are itll be on the test
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She is wonderful and passionate about helping anyone who is interested. Her fun teaching style inspired me to become a psychology major. If you want a really great psych experience, take her, you won't regret it!!
easy class - she is crazy hot and all, but you better respect her or she'll get mad pissed ... i've heard she's mean during office hours, but from what i see in class, she's really awesome
if you're taking psych 100 take her! she is young and fun.. lectures are interesting just write down everything she tells you to. you dont really need the textbook unless you plan on missing class. tests are easy. just dont talk in class..or she may get angry and make your test harder.
This teacher is awsome. Her lectures are really clear and interesting. She uses power points and has some funny video's. The test aren't difficult you just have to make sure you study and pay attention to her lectures. I recommend recording lectures. Though alot of info she knows how to make it fun. Most of the test questions are from notes.
She is a really fun and young teacher. Her notes are what the test is made out of. So go to class. But dont worry the class is really fun. She makes jokes and you cant relate to her. The tests are really easy if you study. Easy class.
She has spunky personality and just wants you to pay attention. As long as you study the lecture nots this class is easy.
She is a great teacher and very fun. Her class is actually enjoyable- you will look forward to going, not feel like its a drag. She's also really gorgeous- and she's young so she is somewhat relatable
AMAZING!! take this class, shes very interesting and i enjoyed and looked forward going to her class..plus she gives amazing notes
I recommend buying the study guide for the textbook. You'll just need to pay attention in class and then do the study guide. I never even studied from my class notes and my lowest test grade was a 90
great teaching ability...she just doesnt answe her emails
Attendance is mandatory in the beginning, but then she stops. Her notes are REALLY clear...never have to read the textbook. don't even buy it, you'll waste your money. just pay attention in class and you're set.
Easy class, no regrets. Attendance is not taken after the first week, but notes are crucial for test. Very nice, good looking, and gives curves on test wen necessary. Must take this class you learn a lot even without wanting to, and its a easy grade. Pay attention in class! alot of material. like 5 pages per class, ^help w/ tests
SHE DESERVES THE BEST..She makes you learn the topic while making it so much fun.Her tests are relatively easy.Just come to class and copy the slides; then studying from them would mostly guarantee an A.She gives 4 tests and doesnt drop the lower grade.However, she gave us an optional final.Even though she mostly asks questions from her slides,i wo
Jan wiener, is an awesome teacher. She really keeps your attention while you're in class. it's really hard for you to fall alseep b/c she's so funny and her stories are interesting/scary.. at least for her sake. if you want to pass and not come to class and listen to lections, and refuse to read and still pull a B. Take Jan Wiener
Just reading from slides, can't provide any material beyond that. The questions on the test are 50% from the book and not explained in the class, so do read the book. To pass with good grade read the book and read her slides and it will be a lot of material. Not impressive - just a good slide reader.
Prof. Weiner is avery good teacher. She catches your attention so the material from class satys in your mind. I have no regrets taking her and I recommend to all those taking psychology 100
great profesor, teaches things clearly. exam straight from the notes.
she was great and her class was VERY interesting. but dont piss her off! my class would NEVER shut up so she would get upset, but other than that i loved her class. her exams are multiple choice and the optional final contained questions from the other exams. from a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest, her exams were a 5/6. TAKE HER!!!
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The best teacher I've ever had. She has extremely clear notes and you don't even need the textbook. She was so great that she's inspired me to major in psychology!
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GREAT PROFESSOR
Great professor....she's so cool cuz she's young and she knows how to relate what she's teaching to her students...
she was a great professor fairly easy course and fun as well
she is a GREAT teacher. she gives review before the test and she is very helpful. her classes are very fun and it is very hard to skip her class. she is young so she knows how you feel. fair grades and easy. attandence are mandatory for first few weeks and she doesnt care.
well, she is a great teacher. just listening to the lecture alone will help you learn alot, the only problem is, if you aren't taking notes, you won't know exactly what's on the test. a small portion of the notes she puts up are on the test, and it turns out that those small details you forgot about are on there too, so always pay attention.
Good teacher; she lectures well and is very smart. The problem with the class is that there are like 1 Billion students in it. Her tests are OK, and the class is not all that hard.
a good professor& explain everything clearly but alot of notes to take& i got tired of writing them.u have to move ur hand very fast or u will miss them.exams are from notes so no need to read textbook.sometime she say they wont appear on exam,dont trust her,they still appear. she also says attendance is counted but actually she didnt.she lie.
great with lectures, funny and makes sure you understand everything. Great class, lots of writting
She is the absolute best teacher I've had at Hunter and I would love to have her again. If the school had more teachers like her I'd feel A LOT better.
She was a very nice and interesting professor. I enjoyed intro to psychology and plan to take my psychology studies further. Great professor she gave great examples of everything she taught. easy A
she is very nice and sweet, the class is very intro level and pretty easy as long as you pay atention.i attended all my classes, did minimal studying for exams, and i didnt even buy the text book, however i learned and got a good grade. this class is an easy A, but she'll tell you that herself.
Truly one of the best professors in the psych dept. at hunter. Always there to help with all questions..Shes young and easy to talk to because she goes out of her way to help us students. I absolutley loved her class!! best teacher I ever took in hunter, i wish she was teaching more classes! you should def take her, i gaurantee u wont be let down!!
no joke shes not normal...and i mean that in the best way possible! i absolutley looooovvvvvedddd her!!! the classs was my favorite and i recomend to all!!!
Take this class! You will LOVE it and love her!
Easy exams straight from the slides (don't need the textbook) and I can definitely still say I learned something... explains things well, etc. However, everyone says she's so "nice" etc. but I didn't find her to be very nice at all, pretty mean actually, but whatever. Over-all she's a good teacher, and good for an easy A.
So funny and relatable. Tests were easy, really enjoyed the class
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She is great. I defiantly recommend her. She makes the lectures extremely interesting and post everything on blackboard. Take Her class you won't regret it!!!
She's a great professor, makes the material really interesting and funny. She claimed that attendance is mandatory but never took attendance in class. She puts all the notes up on blackboard but you have to come to class if you want a good grade on the test, they're easy but you have to study. The questions are very similar to the ones in the text
Awesome professor, she knows her stuff and explains it crystal clear. There are no tricks in the tests, she asks straight from the material she teaches. Makes class fun and doesn't try to confuse us with dense material, she def makes class interesting! take her
Excellent Professor. Take her! She explains everything in detail and is very understanding. She will allow you to make up an exam IF YOU TALK TO HER FIRST AND GIVE HER A VALID EXCUSE. Love her. Her exams are mostly based on what she covered in the lecture. No quizzes and no surprise questions on exams. Easy A!!!
highly recommend!
dont expect to learn anything.
Very easy to do well, just come to class and listen.
GREAT professor! take her. i loved her
I took her for Brain&Behavior. She's one of those professors who are nice in class but are nasty outside of the classroom. Her exams are from her powerpoint slides and she repeats her exams every semester (hence you can't keep them).
3 MC exams and 10% (random) attendance. The exam questions are random facts, which in my case didn't help because they tend to be the things I over look when studying. Like who cares if Christopher Reeves was quadriplegic or paraplegic; it wasn't even in the book. But this might be a good thing for you. No office hours, she just replies on her bbm
Very doable class. Easy if you're a good student. Teaches off powerpoint, don't buy the textbook just study hard you'll be fine. Professor Weiner is fair.
she doesn't teach this course anymore, and most likely never will again. she's annoying and egotistical and i'm sure that transfers to wtvr she teaches now. if you google her you'll find pics of her partying. she NEVER responds to emails even though she claims she will respond quickly. AVOID HER. half the positives here are prob from her!
Very easy. All answers are in the slides which she posts online. If you study the slides you will ace the tests. There are four 50 question m.c. test that make up your grade. Very interesting class. Tells funny stories.
Lectures are straightforward. As long as you go to class, you'll probably get an A. She's also really nice.
Easily one of the best professors I've ever had. She's awesome! Super cool and makes things interesting, feels like your friend is explaining class to you and you get it and want to learn it. Tests are fair, just study the slides. Very straightforward.
She's so cool. Makes the class funny and enjoyable. If you read the slides there's no way you can fail. Very straight forward. Tests are MC Highly reccomend her!!
All the criticism of her is immature and way too harsh. She definitely wants all her students to do well. My class just did bad on the third test so she changed her policy and decided to drop the lowest grade out of four tests. She uses real life relateable examples when explaining complex concepts and makes class fun. She's easy to listen to.
Dr. Weiner (Jan, as she prefers) tests you directly from her slides. The catch is that she will teach you beyond the required level of understanding (you will thank her later). Text use was minimal, but the publisher's online quizzes* and study guides make for great practice. Her anecdotes are graphic, but effective! Great for pre-med/grad school.
Extremely unorganized and not helpful at all. Exam grades were never posted on BB, does not respond to emails promptly but responds to bbm/texts in class and checks her voicemail. Promised the class a 4 point curve for exam #3 and never added on the points. Avoid her and take the class with someone that is organized and actually cares.
Recipe for the easiest A in a 300 lvl class: don't buy the textbook and memorize the slides. There's no mandatory attendance, no paper, and 4 MC exams. She's not made of stone. She's responsive to emails. Downfall:no office hours, morning class and she speeds through lectures and ends up having the exams earlier than scheduled.
Great professor. Interesting lectures and great examples for every topic. Always had people laughing and engaged in discussion. 4 xams and 1 paper. Paper guidelines were vague but it was easy enough. Tests were straight forward but not super easy. Overall enjoyable class and recommended. you just have to be willing to study.
Prof. Weiner is somewhat disorganized, and somewhat of her information is unclear or just plain incorrect. The class isn't overly difficult, but for a 300 level class, the amount and difficulty of the material should be much higher.
She made the 8am class worth coming to. I enjoyed the class, and the exams were easy if you studied for them well. I am hoping to get her for my other psych classes in the future!
She's a great professor and she's so sweet and nice. She give 4 tests..50 MC each. No HW and the textbook is never used. If you get it then you're probably going to major in psych and might need it for future reference. Her tests aren't that easy so you have to study for them well. she puts all the notes on blackboard. Take her seriously!!!
She's an awesome prof always has you into the course. Her tests are 4 MC 50 questions tests.They are straight frm her powerpoint slides. No txtbook needed. Uses her life experiences to keep you engaged in the class. Take her serously. I got a B in the class
She is super informative and knows what she's talking about. You should study for her test using her ppts that she posted up on bb and the textbook. I had 8:10 for her abnormal psych class and she made it worth coming.
She's really nice! Very helpful whenever you need clarification on something. Her lectures are really easy and you'll pass her exams if you go to lecture and skim through the textbook. She had a few questions that were from the book.
She is very nice and she keeps you informed, she understands us and there are 4 tests all of them 50 MC and their directly from the powerpoint slides which are on blackboard.
My first professor at hunter college and by far still my favorite. I took her for a summer class and although the work wasn't easy, her lessons were crystal clear. She used stories from her life and past experiences to relate her lessons to real life and I can guarantee not one student in that class minded waking up for 8am class in the summer.
really nice and willing to answer questions. She's really interested in psychology and that makes it fun to learn from someone who cares about what they're teaching. The class was easy as long as you go to class and read her power points. There were just 4 exams multiple choice. The only thing is you have to be part of a study to get credit.
If you show up to class everyday, pay attention and not sit on the back row refreshing instagram every other minute, you WILL pass with a (A or B+). She is not boring at all!, she includes clinical experiences, and answers questions. Most important - there is no accent, very fluent, NO HOMEWORK, just 1 paper, few exams and you actually learn.
She has amazing stories, great lectures. Worth the 8 am class. I wish I could take it again she's amazing!
Easy going professor. Take her.
Jan Weiner Is a horrible professor! She is going through some personal issues and released her anger on the class!!! She changes the exam dates, she only gives you around 20-40ms to finish a 50 question test unless she really wants to leave than she will give you less time. She doesn't answer students email . She is very disrespectful to students
Her lectures are clear and she gives good examples. She's also super easy going, but she comes across as being quite careless. She doesn't reply to emails, there are mistakes on the exams and in the PP slides, she starts class late and ends early, and takes a long time to post exam grades... We had sufficient time to finish exams. Tbook not needed.
She's charismatic but teaches outdated theories about human behavior. She's one of those snobby pop "psychologists" who look at any given social norm and try to explain it away with evolution using highly faulty reasoning. She does not understand the nuance and controversies of evolutionary psych. She's friendly, but lost me with her ignorance.
Excellent abnormal psychology professor due to her ability to impersonate disorders well. She is an easy grader. You can very easily walk out with an A if you're an average student with housing and other essentials. She is also inspiring as a person and maybe a bit too optimistic : There is no better professor for ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, at least.
Only take her if you have to. She does not answer emails. No guidelines to final paper., everyone was confused. Takes forever to post grades and can be snobby, rude and has an attitude. Class wasn't hard but she was not helpful at all.
LOVE HER. She makes the class so entertaining and is very into what she teaches. She gives concrete examples that will stick and her exams are straightforward and come completely from her notes. She'll also accommodate you if you ever need it. One of my favorite professors and I'll continue to take psych classes at Hunter.
Prof. Weiner is an amazing professor. Her lectures are really interesting. No attendance taken. 3 partial exams plus partial final exam. Only one paper at the end of the semester. She uses life experiences from her therapy sessions (she doesnt mention real names) throughout the course which makes everything even more interesting.
This class is VERY exam-heavy. there's 4 exams and a 5 pg research paper. 1 of the good things was that the slides were posted on BB. Each test was 50 questions MC & they were hard! She also never answers e-mails so ask your questions after class if you can. Though, she tells good stories (w/o names) to help nail down concepts which was helpful.
Professor is good but her policies are BAD. Graded by few exams that are TOO DETAILED-SPECIFIC while the chapters are HUGE! Doesn't reply emails/no making up/extra credits. No review sheet! Didn't expect her to feed me everything tho! Get other prof for psych 170 which is supposed to be an EASY A class if u put efforts and try. I usually get As!!!
Easy class just make sure you do not mess up on tests because she only counts 4each 25%. Tests get progressively harder and some stuff isn't on her powerpoints for the last exams. So for those study the textbook or get like 4 questions wrong. Memorize the slides and you're guaranteed at least 92-4 on the exams.
Loved this class so much! Her lectures are incredibly interesting and her class was the highlight of my semester. Definitely study before tests because your grade is based off of it, but other than that, this class was fantastic.
She is a bit disorganized and can come off as quite careless sometimes (does not plan presentation dates, does not respond to emails). She is also a bit sassy. Nevertheless, I think she is a good professor. She teaches effectively and she uses examples from her private practice and grad school days to help us understand concepts. TA grades papers.
I really enjoyed this class! Jan gives great examples and helped me understand APA writing. Shes funny and engaging. Makes dry topics as interesting as she can. 4 papers and a midterm/final, but shes clear and helpful. I thought I was going to dread this class, but it was my favorite I took this semester. Definitely recommend!!
There are no words to describe how amazing Prof. Weiner was! Lectures were concise, engaging, and explained in a way that made difficult or boring topics nearly enjoyable. She is witty, intelligent and makes clear exactly what's expected of her students. Workload includes four papers, midterm and final. Cannot recommend a better professor!
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