Absolutely terrible experience with Gernsbacher leading an online course. She does not clearly define what you have to do to get a good grade. She is completely full of herself and thinks she's better than everyone. Most assignments are just posting reflections, yet she still tells you your reflections are poor.

Worst class I ever took. The grading is absolutely ridiculous. Quality over quantity does NOT apply here. Quality can go right out the window! The class is more about following meticulous guidelines than actual thinking and writing. Not to mention if you bring a complaint to her, she will brush it right under the rug. So glad this class is done.

I took psych 225 (Research Methods) online during the summer of 2017 and it was probably the worst experience of my life. This class was RIDICULOUSLY meticulous to the point where you'd get an entire assignment wrong because you forgot to number a paragraph. There is SO much work that staying ahead isn't an option. Would NOT recommend.

Worst class I've ever taken, she makes sure you work on this class 4 hours a day, 6 days a week without break. She doesn't accept extenuating circumstances (like car crashes). Class is about following instructions instead of learning you'll get a bad grade if you miss the tiniest detail. When you ask a question she just quotes the syllabus at you.

this class is not hard but the professor does not give helpful feedback. She expects you to follow tiny details and will take points if you don't follow them all. Even while doing so, if you ask her a question she just copy and pastes the syllabus. Not good teaching at all.

this professor is a bit condescending when she contacts you. Also the whole teaching team does not provide any helpful feedback, it's all quoting from the syllabus

horrible at providing any feedback that isn't condescending

STAY AWAY!!! No even a word feedback for why u got ur points off. Endless bureaucratese when you ask questions or try to talk. 2. Extremely condescending, no space to talk and quote her so-called contract again and again. 3. Morbid perfectionist, lost of a space in title will cause 1/3 points off. 4. Lots of useless reading for 6 days a week.

Although the class is already online, this teacher had not on message or consideration for the health and well-being of students during COVID0-19. Only felt the need to say something since she clearly cares about file name more than her students wellbeing during a world crisis.... so if that tells you anything DONT TAKE THIS CLASS

I dislike professor Gernsbacher due to her insensitive and irony during the COVID19 crisis. She is petty enough to take off points for misnaming documents, late assignments, and other minor shortcomings on assignments that were about the digital divide... and how corona enlightened society on the impact on education... seems ironic and insensitive

horrible feedback since it is all copied and pasted. Even her 'personalized' emails are just one comment written into a template she copes and pastes...

Never thought I'd write a review on here, but HORRIBLE!! Teaches elementary and non-academic techniques hat should be taken as basic guidelines such as five paragraph format taught to middle schoolers, yet takes point off for things based on her extremely nuanced formatting rather than for things that show an understanding of the subject material.

I would never take this course again. She tries to increase the difficulty of the classwhich is totally fine but does it by not giving full instruction and taking off points where instruction isnt given rather than making questions asked more application based. Shes hypocritical in teaching critical thinking and requiring specific formats.

University of Wisconsin should be embarrassed to have a teacher as unaware as professor Gernsbacher. Her teaching is elementary and her grading not relevant to the understanding of the material.

She is the worst professor I've ever had. Takes points off for things like misnaming a document. When you get points off, they don't tell you what was wrong so you have to guess and try again. Gives 3 times more work than is necessary. Is trying her hardest to make Research Methods a tough class. Teaches 5 paragraph essay like we're in 4th grade.

The assignments are not hard but tedious. It takes a long time to do, but there's no reason for it. I only learned a couple things that were actually helpful. She and her TAs give VERY poor feedback! It's all copy and pasted. You automaticaly get a 1/3 if you misinterpret or miss a tiny thing. Shes condescending-would not recommend her as a prof.

This class was a joke, so many assignments and busy work for no reason at all. She tries way too hard to make class difficult. Points are taken off for such small mistakes. I got points off for naming a pdf file the wrong thing. They also never tell you why you got points off, they make you guess when fixing the assignment. class was boring overall

this class is horrible. so many small assignments and I feel like I'm not learning anything at all. she treats students like they children. so stupid. worthless class don't take it. UW should be embarrassed by her teaching.

Lecture content is recorded from 1999. She takes points off for the silliest things.

I chose to take this course over the summer as I expected it to be an easy course with little work, however this is not the case at all. The class contains easy content, but the work load is almost unbearable and I don't think I really even learned anything valuable. Also, the grading is terrible as there is no feedback provided.

6 assignments per week, but can be completed easily by skimming readings. Online meetings with group required every week. Somewhat interesting content, but spends the whole class justifying why she is teaching online. 7 year old lecture vids which is inexcusable for a class on the Internet. Also the most condescending person I have ever met.

The class itself was easy, but content is not always interesting and articles & lectures are SUPER outdated, which frankly feels lazy for someone who boasts about their talents of teaching online. Professor Gernsbacher is also super condescending. You have to play games & keep track of every little thing--it's exhausting and not good for learning.

This is the worst class I have taken at UW. The class work is extremely tedious and mind-numbing. Gernsbacher is so condescending and spends half the class stressing how great she is. The information is also super outdated and no longer relevant. She bases many lessons off cherry-picked studies with flimsy evidence. This class is exhausting

Tons of homework, reading, and writing. A very unsatisfactory professor, the worst of all my professors. No any lectures, so you need to completely study by yourself. Grading requirements are very weird, unfriendly, and impatient, and never care if she is wrong. Anyway, I don't want to see any more lectures from this professor. It's really lame!

I think this site needs to provide a new rating scale: 0-5. Even then this professor wouldn't be on that scale. She is absolute garbage. All assignments are arbitrary. She is one of the most condescending people I have ever met. Do not take any of her classes. Ever. Spare yourself from this menace.

350 characters is not enough to describe how truly horrible Morton is. She is by far and away the worst prof I've had at UW and the psychology department should be embarrassed that she is still on the teaching staff. Gives assignments where the instructions are literally to copy and paste form one doc to another. Extremely condescending. THE WORST

Gernsbacher was by FAR the most disrespectful, condescending professor I have ever had. She was patronizing and spoke to students as if they were the dumbest creatures to walk the face of the earth. Incredibly narcissistic. Her course is all online and she seems to pride herself on being computer and internet savvy. She is not.

This was by far the worst class I have ever taken. I'm not confident this class has been updated in 10 years. The class is taught as if no one in the class has ever heard of the internet before, the material is extremely outdated. All assignments can be described as busy work. I have learned nothing taking this class. Stay away from PSYCH 532!!!

Psych532 was advertised as online asynchronous and the prof urges you to work ahead but there are weekly synchronous assignments that prevent working ahead. If you don't follow every single instruction to the very letter you lose points. I got an A but if I knew this class would be so petty about every single assignment I would've never enrolled

None of the class content has been updated since 2018. The professor is very nitpicking on following instructions to assignments. If you email the professor to ask why you got points off, she will send you an essay about why you're wrong. I thought she was nice at first but then I realized that she was just condescending. Stay away!!!

The internet changes EVERY DAY and yet nearly everything we read was from at least 10 years ago. The curriculum clearly has barely been updated in the entire time this class has existed. Downright irresponsible. Gernsbacher is condescending and picky about the tiniest things. + Ungodly amount of busy work. Not a hard class, but it is insufferable.

Morton is indescribably HORRIBLE and RUDE. Summer course 225 is relentless, requiring DAILY work, including Sunday. Beware of formatting errors; they result in point deductions. TAs are WORTHLESS, possibly just following Morton's lead. DON'T expect helpful advice from them. Prepare for a gruelling workload if you take this class in the summer!

she sux

Gernsbacher is a horrible professor. UW psych department should remove her. She is condescending and nit picky to the point of insanity. You will learn nothing of value, as all she assigns is busywork made for middle schoolers. She preaches being internet savvy, yet the class hasn't been updated in 8 years. Can't believe I paid for this class.

This was easily the worst class that I have taken in my 4 years at UW. The professor provides no feedback on how to correct assignments that took hours to complete. Professor claims the structure of the class was designed to be flexible but the amount of busy work was ridiculous. This class needs to be changed or hire a better professor.

Class was advertised as asynchronous but prof managed to enforce mandatory synchronous group meetings with classmates. if group-members couldn't meet because of their busy schedules that was somehow a course-conduct violation. If you have a question or mess up, she will tell you to re-read the syllabus. Get hyped if you like busywork.

I never leave ratings on this site but she is degrading, rude, stuck up, belittling, unhelpful, and doesn't listen to feedback. Puts on a weak "caring" facade. Takes off points for the SMALLEST most unimaginable things. Material is irrelevant and outdated. Thinks she is better than everyone, acts like she has never made a mistake in her life.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! If you don't want to spend at least two a hours a day working on assignments, get points off for the SMALLEST errors, receive the most condescending emails, and want to lose your mind then absolutely don't take this class. Id much rather take exams than take this class! Never ever again.

I'm being very serious when I say this, absolutely never ever take this class. It's infuriating and you will contemplate your life when completing her awful assignments. 84 assignments and a massive term project. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

Ridiculously pedantic grading, got a 0 on an assignment for forgetting to put my name at the top of the page. Condescending when approached with questions. Wants students to succeed but is too married to her terrible pedagogy to adapt in any way to student needs. Class (psych 532) wants to explain to Gen Z students *what the internet is*.

Awful. 84 assignments for 8 weeks. Directions are nitpicky but there's no rubrics to know how it's graded & the professor & TAs don't tell you what's wrong. Work is worth 3 points & sometimes an assignment is just a discussion post and other times it's 2 essays. If I didn't need to take this to graduate I never would have taken this class with her.

Do not take this class. If you are looking for an easier, online psychology course, look ANYWHERE else. Grading is an absolute nightmare with random points being taken off for the dumbest reasons. No psychology has been taught in this course, it seems like she is just trying to show us why her course is better because it's online.

I still do not understand why this is a 500 level course. there is no reason a 500 level course should be teaching me why media literacy is important, that is a 100/200 level topic. There is also no reason an assignment should have 22 parts to it. if you can't get your point across in a couple of articles, then you've chosen the wrong articles.

No psychology is taught in this course. The entire course is the professor trying to convince us her class is better because it's fully online. Condescending TA's who poorly grade assignments, pointless 20-part assignments, overall this class is a huge waste of time and energy.

Said we could work ahead, opened course during winter break, that was the accommodation. Was employed throughout break meaning I couldn't do class. Should we be expected to work during the month we get to breathe? her reason is "if u know ur going to miss things work ahead" ma'am i'm disabled, I can't predict that that's why i have accommodations.

Gernsbacher researches learning and online education but does not implement a single thing into her online course. The class uses almost no original content and uses incredibly out of date studies while emphasizing the ability to update content easily. While the grading is straightforward, it is incredibly nitpicky and every assignment is busywork.

I took the class online, which I have done for many classes, she is the worst. There are assignments with multiple readings due EVERY SINGLE DAY except Saturday, don't worry there are 2 assignments on Sunday for you to do. Don't deviate at all from the criteria or name your assignment wrong, youll get 0/3 points, if you correct it youll get max 2/3

I have never had a class that's made me feel so defeated. She and the TAs will make you feel like no matter how hard you try, you will rarely get a good grade on her 84 assignments of busy work. You spend little to no time learning about psych or research methods, but you'll spend plenty of time on grammar and media literacy. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS

The assignments are all busy work, so I learned nothing. Also, it took pages of writing/bullet points for her to explain one assignment, and if you miss one small detail in this huge wall of text, you get a 33% percent on the assignment. Even if you correct it, you can only get a 66%, so it's perfection or failure. Worst professor I've had by far.

this is a class on the psychological effects of the internet and she uses articles and information from 15-20 years ago. the syllabus and website haven't been updated in what seems like a decade. it feels irresponsible. even more frustrating is her grading - it doesn't matter if you answer all the questions right, if you misname the file it's a 0

The most mind-numbing class I've taken, and I'm only 2 weeks in. I didn't know someone could make such simple instructions sound like rocket science. This is going to be an awful 3 months. Do not take this class

Everything is busy work, and each assignment is laid out so there is no room for deviation in anything. The course is mind-numbing, and it has yet to use any source prior to the year 2015. In this class, you'll learn how to make a screen name that would've been appropriate for a middle schooler 20 years ago, despite it being a 500's level course.

A disgrace to the psychology department, it's laughable that this is considered a depth course when she has you do the most random, mind numbing assignments every day. It's an easy A if you do all the assignments but not worth the painful boredom & annoyance it comes with. Her idea of being helpful comes off extremely condescendingly too

Easy A, but relentlessly tedious class. Busy work, vapid assignments, unstimulating, and outdated. Nothing of substance in any of the 80+ assignments. I can't fathom how a depth class is still run like this. Requires zero creative/critical thinking and basically test your attention to detail. Biggest waste of time in all 4 years, should've dropped.

She didn't offer ANY opportunities for critiques in course evals so I'm here instead. This class teaches you what the professor wants you to know from her ancient outdated internet opinions which are in no way relevant of remotely interesting. Hated every minute of every assignment of this class. RUN while you can.

I'm annoyed I could not critique her on the course evaluation. It is a class about the internet yet sources are from the 2010s. I got a 1/3 on an assignment because I had a small typo on my pdf file name. Once you get points off you get max 2/3 when fixed so its not worth. I genuinely learned nothing. Easy A if you do the work but waste of time.