Nice lady, friendly and funny. However, her lectures have little to do with the textbook. Much of the material she teaches as "fact" is scientifically unproven or only theory. Some of her lectures sounded like the Art Bell stuff (aliens, bad &qu

Psychology? No. Her lectures have nothing to do with psychology. This is the life story of Mrs. Lopez.

Crazy lady who tell stories for her classes to pull the meennig out of and annalys

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If you are ever thinking of have her as a teacher. DON'T!!!!! I've never had a worst teacher in college. She is very hard to understand and she never agrees with anyones comments. She also makes the class feel really stupid and she always brags about how much smarter she is than us because she has a masters in Psyc.

She does not lecture on the subject of study but instead believes we all need "life lessons" based on what she did as she was growing up. I generally ignore this teacher while in class.

This class was the biggest waste of my time.... I didn't learn one concept, i never open my book once, but i stil manage to get an "A". that is just not right

If you have no olther choice, then i would go with Mrs. Lopez

Ms. Lopez is a divorced, aging and very angry woman. She spent a good portion of the semester talking about all the things her ex husband did wrong. Don't even think about questioning her. She's very closed minded and not open to any world view, but her own. If you don't question her, it's an easy A, but really, just a total waste of time.

She's not a good teacher at all. For most of the class, she talked about her own life/quantam, neither of which had anything to do with the class itself. I don't feel like I learned anything in this class. If you have to take a psychology class, please don't take one with Lopez.

What is it? This instructor is a ditraction in her own classroom. She talks about her self as if she is a God or a self actulized person and she cant even speak english well. She might make a great Spanish teacher if you could simply SHUT HER UP about political science subjects. Everyhing she preaches about is political and she claims to have been

I did not learn anything in this class. She can barely speak English and does not teach from the text. She tells stories of things that should relate to phych, and expects the studnts to relate that to brain structues. Stay away if you want to learn or get a good grade!

this class is not a class where miss Lopez teaches you psychology,its a class where you observe a crazy delusional person who believes they are self actualized for a semester. i have a sneaking suspicion a majority of her stories are lies she made up. im sure the only people who get her "teaching style" are the fat middle aged white women.

She is crazy!!!! I learned nothing in this class. She is a terrible teacher who talks about her life the whole time. If you want to learn anything about psychology don't take her class. Find a different instructor. "Okay young people, the whole enchilada" You will definetly be sick of these phrases by the end of the semester.

I could not understand her style of teaching at all. She was constantly talking about herself and her world. She used blackboard for assignments that seemed very unreasonable. Stay away from this professor if at all possible.

this teacher is one of the craziest teachers iv had all my life.i have no idea that when i signed for this class i was really signing up for an old woman to just go on and on about her ex husband. i learned absolutly nutin. shes a nice lady but if u wanna pass dnt take her class. her essays are nearly impossible to pass.

This was an online class. She is the worst instructor ever. She ended up changing the date that one of our assig. was due, and deleted the information for it. When I went to complete it, I had2 ask another classmate what the assigment was. She is extremely rude and unhelpful. Never take this instructor.

This is the "WORST TEACHER"I have run into at MSJC. She can't speak English or Spanish (illiterate in 2 languages) can not write or speak coherently. Does her grading emotional subjective opinion, does not use a grading formula. Teaches a ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY class and is computer illiterate. She couldn't show the review board how she grades.

This teacher just makes up stories as she goes along. When I challeged my grade she couldnt show the board how she grades papers. Ended up with a B only because I challanged her!

out of my entire first semester, this class was the one i hated the most. not only did i have to get up extremely early to get there, but this teacher didnt teach at all. her story telling never made sense, she was unclear on subject matter,very very vague in her teaching and unheplful as all get out. If i were you i wouldnt take this class...

I finished without learning even what the definition of Psychology is, however i still passed, i only went for the first few class meets, and ever went again. " Ok young people, heres the enchilada". she claims to be making a connection with the text through stories, but how can we make a connection, without being taught the book? DONT TAKE

The only people her get her, or leave good reviews are fat middle aged women who constantly bring stories of their kids or experiences into class discussion. It has nothing to due with maturity. Its just a connection between old people of not learning just talking all class about made up stories. Young students with potential will learn nothing.

This is, by far, the worst professor I have ever had. She rambles on without even touching on the designated subjects. She never gives any feedback on her essay tests and she requires a 3 page summary of the chapter every week. She does this so she doesn't have to actually talk about anything remotely related to psychology. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!

WORST INSTRUCTOR IN THE WORLD!!!! Do not take her class. She only talks about herself and her ex husband. There is not enough room to type everything here. Take my word and those already written here. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!! You will regret it if you do.

WORST INSTRUCTOR EVER!!!! this crazy lady does NOT teach she talk about her and her ex and her and her ex and race and thats it. Then gives you essay's and grades them on totally different standards she is as CRAZY as they come!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HER AT ALL SHE IS CRAZY AS CRAZY CAN BE

Mrs. Lopez is by far the worst teacher pi have come across at Mt. San Jacinto College, and i have come across some pretty bad ones. Her hour and twenty minute lectures stories of her fantasy life that she basically makes up on the spot. Sh claimed to have formally been in the C.I.A, No HW, just tests on her life stories.

Worst instructor ever! Don't take her class! If you do you'll regret it. You have been warned.

Don't take Prof. Lopez. I had to drop it because I couldn't even understand what she was talking about or how her story mattered to the class.

I am shocked that this woman still has a job at MSJC. I took psych 101 with her many, many moons ago, and I will never forget just how inane and useless her "teaching" was.

AVOID. The only people who appreciate this prof are adult returning students who want to share anecdotes. Lopez, if she knows anything about psychology did not show it, instead told personal stories about a life she wished she was living, one where she is the smartest, wittiest person she knows. REAL STUDENTS will not appreciate this waste of time.

Easy as pie but not worth the headache. yikes, she is nuts. if you want to sit and listen to fairytales, take her. you will learn about how she single handedly inspired cesar chavez and obama; ran in the cia, and is working towards sainthood apparantly. no one has a higher self-love than her. she uses the classroom as a free thereapy session. ugh.

Very frustrating. Strange way of teaching, it's like a puzzle you must put together before you can complete assignment. Assignments are not clear, at all! Worst online class I've ever taken. I have a 3.87 GPA and 30 credits to date; it will probably go down after this class. Do regret choosing this professor.

Some of the comments say that only older, middle aged white women would like her. I am older, middleaged, white woman and I hated the class.One person in the class shared a different pov and lopez told her she was stupid. Class began with 60 people, ended with 10. If you take psych, take Schmidt, he's great. The woman is nuts!

DO NOT TAKE this teacher, even if she is your last option! It is an outrage that this teacher still has a job at MSJC. She does not teach anything of substance, she is unopen to criticism, she will waste your time and your money.

I would not recommend this instructor to any of my fellow colleagues. Her class has no structure or any kind of foundation. She is also slow at checking any of her e-mail and getting back to her students. I have taken a lot of online classes before her. She is the most unhelpful and the worst teacher I've ever had.

Her teaching style: Go read chapter X. Here are some questions. Go read chapter X. Here are some more questions. Here is exam. Rinse and repeat. If you like to learn and not just told to read a book, dont take this class.

HORRIBLE! This was not a PSYC course but rather a creative poetry writing course. Her assignments are unclear. I have a 4.0 grade average which I want to keep, so I dropped the class. I should have known better after reading all the horror stories on this site about her, but I thought it might be different as an online class. Trust me, it?s not.

totally unqualified to be teaching. Creates nothing but confusion. Sad to know good teacher don't have a job, while tards like this have tenor.

She needs to work on her English because you can barley understand what she is saying. She doesn't teach you anything except she hates her ex boyfriends and she used to be skinny. She doesn't use the book and doesn't lecture you on any class material and then all of a sudden you have a test on psychology and all you have been learning about is her

Worst teacher i have ever had in my life. doesnt teach you anything just tells stories then tests you on psychological theory when she cant even explain it herself.

doesn't teach you anything!!!! not kidding do not take her class!!!! stupidest person in the world and you cant understadn her!!

worst teacher ever! you dont learn anything

Took a full term on-campus class. She is confusing. I could not understand her or how her stories related to the class. One session we drew pictures of brains with crayons and they were put on the wall. No structure, no interest, no learning. Will definitely retake this class with a better professor.

I advise everyone to double think before going into Maria's class. I took her class and I was miserable. I know a few other students who also took her class and failed. Thankfully I dropped her class before I could fail. She isn't helpful with anything, I didn't learn anything while listening to her babble on about her entire life. Very Annoying.

worst teacher youll ever take promise you she wont teach you a thing

Mrs. Lopez is probably one of the worst teachers I've ever heard. I was really excited about taking psychology but I can honestly say I didn't learn a single thing in her class. She's completely unclear and doesn't use class time to teach, the tests have nothing to do with her lectures. It's pointless to even attend.

Would not recommend! Unclear and self-centered. Becomes increasingly frustrated/angry when students ask for clarification or don't understand, making classroom a hostile environment if you do anything other than smile and nod. If you have or had a bad experience, please report her! Nothing will happen if no one else knows.

She covers no material from book & no terms, might as well be an online class where u teach yourself! The tests are a joke, confusing to follow and not multiple choice! Her so called examples (which are just stories) that she gives, don't tie into anything! She thinks she's doing us a favor by teaching this way, but she's only confusing us!

She did nothing but sit around and tell stories about herself, most of which seemed ridiculous and fabricated. Her tests had absolutely nothing to do with what she lectured on in class, mainly because she did not talk about psychology.

She is very snobbish,and doesn't teach the class but uses the class as a therapy session for a bad life shes had.She's very vague in her explainations and you'll get a bad grade unless you agree with her and nod your head while trying to be her pet. Very anti social.I can see why not many people talk to her.

Online class was very unorganized. You will pass if you continue to turn in the work regardless... Hardly any communication between students and teacher. Left to teach yourself basically.

horrible teacher she complains about her stories her life is too crazy that i wonder if it is the truth or just to relate the book. Her students have complain before and try to get rid of her she should retired do not take her not worth the GPA to fall.

Bad teacher is bad. Don't take her. Horrible accent and story's all day.

One of the WORST teachers Ive had here at MSJC. Her accent is so thick that she is hard to understand. She does not care about your opinion and if you say something she doesnt like shell basically make you feel like an idiot. She does not give an appropriate amount of time to write essays. She gives the prompt the same day its due. Do not take her.

One must teach themselves about psychology since this professor goes off topic with her life stories. Not that the life stories are bad as one can take the wisdom but one could have spent the entire time studying through the chapter on their own. One has to be open minded and have patience for this class. She lecture's through her life stories....

I feel bad writing anything negative about her because she is one of the nicest professors I have ever had, but you are pretty much on your own throughout the whole class because the actual class time she spends just talking about her life. If you are the type that learns by just reading, it might not be a bad idea to take her.

Her assignments and her speaking are both unclear. She talks a lot about herself and you better take notes on it because she will test you on her own self.

All she does is tell stories about her life. You have to learn everything on your own. Her assignments and speaking are unclear and when you ask for more details or a better explanation she ignores your emails or tells you to look on black board if you ask in person. Her tests are ridiculous they are either about her or nothing abt what you learn.

Horrible teacher. Did not learn one thing about psychology which is obviously what I signed up for. All she speaks of is her stories but they don't make sense. You're on your own in this course. Wouldn't recommend.

Many classes that all she did was talk about her personal life, in a way that was not related to the topics needed for upcoming tests. I absolutely do not recommend her!

omg! this professor is everywhere honestly. sorry that i have to admit this but if you want to learn about her personal life take this class. i did not understand the concept of psychology what so ever. her tests did not make sense. the projects you had to do were useless.

She doesn't really teach, the whole class period she only talks about her personal life and claims that she's relating it to the theories in the book. You really have to teach yourself.

You can do everything right in this class and she will grade you poorly. I dropped her class because her grading is unreasonable. Her lecture is not helpful and her test contradicts itself. Never ever receive our test back. Most people fail not because they didn't try in her class its because shes a horrible instructor! Poor teaching & instruction!

Mrs. Lopez is not a fair grader, sad to say. The connections she wants you to make with her stories that "relate" to psychology are very vague and confusing to both myself and my classmates. You need to know Spanish to take this class, since Ms. Lopez uses a lot of illustrations using words in Spanish. Mrs. Lopez's class is one you shouldn't take.

If more than 1 student is complaining than the problem is obviously her. She is a tough grader and grade unfairly. She have unrealistic expectations. Her lectures and her journals are pointless!! Avoid taking her you will drop, fail or regret it! Not a good professor!

Horrible

Do not take this professor if you care about your GPA. You will learn more about her ex than psychology. I wish I would've listen to all the bad reviews posted here about professor lopez.

This professor gives you a 10 page essay and expects it done in a week. The instructions are really confusing. She does a poor job teaching. I would not recommend her to any students who's taking psychology. Pick another professor!

Harsh grader & poor lectures.

This lady spend the entire semester talking about her life and mostly of her ex bf when student starts to fail she spend the rest of the semester justifying what a great professor she is and that its all the students fault and how it has nothing to do with her. It has EVERYTHING to do with her. She suck at teaching!!

This was the worse I had to drop because i had no idea of what she was teaching. All she talked about was her life. The test didn't make since I've never had a test like it bonfire in my entire life.. if you want to pass I would not recommend her..

Her instructions are very confusing I couldn't understand anything she said because of her heavy Spanish Accent she does not teach at all you'll be better off reading the book by yourself rather than learning in her class plus you'll fall asleep from her stories zzzzz

My class had 5 assignments and 3 tests for the whole semester. Her lectures are hard to understand, she expects students to make connections on vague info. Her lectures are life stories not from the textbook. Mrs than half of my class dropped her. She is nice but I didnt learn anything from her. I relied on the internet to pass her class.

Why did I not know about rate my professor along time ago. I took Lopez thinking I would pass the class. She seemed like a nice character, but when It comes down to her teaching it was a total opposite.

Since the bad reviews are all similar, here's a few tips. Don't expect to learn but try to pass. Stroke her ego by relating personal stories and relate them to the essays, so take notes. Read her power points on the chapters being tested. I failed one of the tests because I only read the book. She will give credit for all the little work she gives.

When I stumbled on this site today I immediately had to look up Mrs Lopez. Her Psych 101 (2003) to this day is the absolute worst class I have ever had to sit through. I've never been less interested in someones life story. Thats what every single class time consisted of.. her life story. The only reason I passed was studying the book alone.

Nope would not recommend to anyone

I recommend you Do NOT take Psychology with Maria Lopez. Fair warning

I swear this instructor actually thinks everyone she's ever met is jealous of her life and takes every opportunity to tell mundane stories about it. If the stories are actually meant to be connected to her subject matter then it's done so poorly in my opinion. Very difficult class to sit through. Would not recommend.

I took her for two classes so far but Im not sure what happened this semester... Everything was a mess and my grade was not released until 2 weeks after this semester was completed. Emailed/talked to her about grading specific assignments but she lacked. Overall, shes nice but not very neat orientated.

Maria Lopez was an interesting teacher for the two days I had her. The first day of class with her, she didn't have us open a textbook, told us we wasted our money if we bought the textbook with the connect code. She told us we didnt need the code. Then proceeded to tell extremely outlandish unbelievable stories about herself. Dropped immediately.

She talks about her life storys, and doesn't talk about the work

Doesn't teach very well she is trash!!!!!!!! Don't Take her Guys...

Professor Lopez was awful, she would mainly stroke her ego and tell these weird stories and wait for the praise to come rolling in. She was a fairly nice woman, but her classes (I took two) were terrible and I dropped halfway through. Unless you're ready to read the online textbook and basically teach yourself, I'd say find a different professor.

Incredibly difficult- lectures felt arbitrary and the lifestories included seldom were related, but were included in the tests. Feedback on homework and essays was very vague and unhelpful, and asking questions about it didn't help. Sorry to say I don't recommend.

I mean the WORST teacher ive had, She talks about her life the first weeks of the semster and 2 months. I blame the age and hte school for this becuase she really doesnt know how to keep a subject without her bring up her ex husband but over all a great person/ bad teacher. if you wanna know psych. dont take her she dont teach anything.

The worst professor i have ever had! Did not learn a thing about psychology. She told personal stories every class. Its very difficult to focus and be engaged in the class.

Shes horrible dont take her. All she does is tell personal stories. I learned nothing. I really dont like her if I could rate her -5 stars I would.

Terrible. Like all the other reviews, she likes to tell stories and thinks everyone is jealous of her life. She will have you do all your homework on inquistive which takes so much time but basically counts nothing towards your grade. Ill take the W over having to ever go back and listen to her B.S. stories ever again. Find a different psych teach

Don't recommend. I was excited to take this class and she just made it suck. She's always telling stories??? Sometimes I didn't get what she wanted us to do for homework. Essays were part of exams. Doesn't have you do activities like it says on the slides. She teaches by slides. ����

Don't take this prof. All she did was talk about herself, I took AP PSYCH in high school so I knew material and not a single psychology topic was covered. She made fun of white people and christian people, even called them cockroaches.. Threatened class that she knew the dean so we can't 'tell' on her. Immature , disrespectful, manipulative.

Without warning, she dropped me TWO WEEKS before the end of the semester for missing two assignments. My son and I were both sick on and off and since we're in the middle of a global pandemic, I thought she would be understanding as she stated. When I asked about it she said its because she didn't hear from me...I was sick!

Horrific. Couldnt make a quiz online so it was all long essays... all her lectures were her reading definitions word for word from the book that was expensive. I learned absolutely nothing. In fact I switched majors. Waste of money and time. Very disappointing. Do not take this class.

Only reads things straight off of the book without helping any students. Her assignments aren't clear and when asked to specify she said to look at the announcement which is what we were having trouble with. She says she teaches in "stories" but really it's just her trying to relive the best parts of her life. Would NOT recommend

This professor is horrible, I am considering dropping the class. I do not recommend taking this class. When she posts lectures it is just a video of her reading the powerpoints word for word. When she gives assignments she gives extremely vague descriptions and still grades very hard. She is a horrible professor.

I have never left a review on ratemyprofessor but I would love to prevent any students from avoiding this professor at all costs! She only assigns essays and she is not clear on what she wants from you assignment wise. She never responds to emails, yet she is the department chair? By the time she responds the assignment was already due. AVOID!!!!!

Yes, she only focuses on talking her stories, totally nothing about psychology theories; Never leave clear instruction and guideline on essay or homework; Always said her relationship with dean ( hint you not to complain); The worst one I met in MSJC.

Just annoying. 1-pg papers due every week w/ some discussions. Each "test" was four 1-pg papers, a 3-pg paper, and a PPT, all due the same day with a week to do it (Don't expect clear inscructions). Her "classes" were her reading off a slide for 10 minutes and then bragging about knowing Cesear Chavez. The class is do-able, but irritating.

Professor Lopez is a good character, but he does not know how to communicate information and relies on telling family stories that have nothing to do with psychology. Struggling with the tasks because it was not clear also when sending mails to her and she does not respond.

Worst professor in msjc. Doesn't respond to emails at all. Doesn't teach only reads off book. Makes the school look bad. Don't both taking this class not going to learn a damn thing!

Sweet women however her assignments are RIDICULOUS. Essays and tests never have clear instructions, doesn't really teach, talks mainly about her life, I can also barely hear her. Not trying to be rude but just wished I read on her ratings before taking her class and stressing over (only class i stress and hate) Definitely don't recommend.

You must, MUST go to every class or else none of the homework will make sense. She lectures about her life so often, and most of what she talks about has nothing to do with psychology whatsoever. She is a very tough grader, if you don't have that top tier essay, you're grade will drop insanely. Will for sure not take her class ever again.

All she does is talk about her boring life every single lecture. She does not know remotely how to use canvas. She does not grade fairly as a normal prof. would. In essays, you must write incredibly specific or she will give you a literal F on the paper. She makes fun of others casually. She is the absolute worst prof at MSJC. NEVER TAKE HER!!!!!!!

This class is a waste of time Lectures are just her talking about her life, a research she did DECADES ago and her Ex. She also made comments making fun of people with schizophrenia. She leaves no guide lines and there are so many essays. DONT bother messaging her about grades she will tell you she went "above and beyond" which couldnt be less true

If you have any life outside of school, this class is going to be a fail. I work from afternoon to midnight so if I decide to skip class for ONE day to rest, the rest of the assignments don't make sense. She just talks about her boring stories and doesn't interpret why that has any significance in the lecture. She also doesn't respond to emails.

All she talks about in class are stories of her life and her ex When it comes to assignments, theyre long essays and she wants them to be incredibly detailed and explained but she doesnt explain the instructions as to how to complete assigments She claims that if we have any questions to email her or to text her through canvas,but she never replies

This professor thinks a little too much about herself. Every lecture started with her personal life and how she marched with Cesar Chavez, and how her ex was a cockroach. You were a bad student if you complained about her, and it was never her fault that someone failed her class. You were teaching yourself; and she never lectured.

Psych is my major so I was very excited to start this course. I never questioned my choice of major but this professor completely killed the excitement. She does not give proper feedback when you get a bad grade, leaving you to wonder what you did wrong. This makes it difficult to improve at all as she does not tell you what needs to be improved.