Lectures boring and unrepresentative of the exams - Don't bother going to the class unless you need a good nap.

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Wow-- she shoulda been a stand-up comedian! I really enjoyed this class. Even though it was hard, it was worth having her as a professor!

yes, you have to read (or at least skim through) the text to get a good grade in this course, but this is college you lazy bastids. nancy is a great professor and would love to take another one of her classes.

Hard tests.

Shes really nice just make sure you read the text or else u will be totallyy lost her lectures may be a waste of time to go to but i go to hear her anecdotes most of the time

rock on dude

Makes the most of a class with 600 students. Really funny, seems like she would be a cool aunt. There is a lot of memorization, but I think that's just because it's a psych class.

Definitely a cool class. She really makes the class fun. Go to lecture and make sure you do the reading.

Great teacher, she makes lectures interesting, she is enthusiastic, and is helpful.

Funny and great enthusiasm. When you read the textbook memorize the highlighted words in the bottom corners and you'll be fine.

Outstanding lecturer, for god's sake, a Stanford PhD! However, the course itself is pretty tough since she gives hard exams. I got a B and i read the book. (and i'm not a mouth breather). This is a very challenging course but rewarding if you do your work

Good sence of humor and relates to students

hey, I liked it

Great professor. Very interesting lecture. You do have to read the book though but you do very well if you pay attention in lecture, I know I did. My first university course and I am a jr now, haven't meet any professor better.

She's awesome. She puts up all her lecture notes on BB. She really is funny, so you stay interested. She would be better if she could control the kids in the class a little more ( the talking can sometimes get excessive and she'll become hard to hear). But shes so nice, she doesnt want to shut em up

If you read the book, you'll do fine. She even offers a pretty substantial amount of extra credit if you put participate in more experiments. Don't bother with the lecture, everything you'll need is in the book.

Grades are completely test-based, and the tests are completely book-based. The lectures aren't worth going to, since you'll just have to read the book to do well anyway. I like her, pretty reasonable person.

She's a good prof. Her tests are based entirely on the book, and there's approx 200 pg of reading to do per test. It may seem hard, but you do have over a month to read that, since there's no other homework for the class. If you do the reading, the tests are really easy and straightforward.

great teacher, i love her class.. funny & makes her lectures interesting. there is a good amt of reading, but plenty of time to do it in. if u actually read & study the book, her tests are easy and it's not at all impossible to get an a.

honestly, i think the ppl who rate this prof down are just lazy. yes, if u don't like to read then don't take the class but for those of u who want a fun, interesting professor i'd reccomend dr. franklin.

Not a very difficult class. She always comes prepared and motivated, and despite the large size of the class, she is very approachable.

the book is your best friend. make sure you know all the vocabulary and the concepts, then you'll will be fine on the exams. there are 4 and she drops the lowest one and she offered my class extra credit.

Psy 103 is a great class however there is a lot of material covered in the course of 15 weeks. Professor franklin is very good. She is passionate about the subject. test cover material from both the textbook and lectures. Read the book every day of the semester. Do your experiment requirement.

This professor is very friendly. The lectures are very interesting and apply to everyday life. If you go to lecture, you don't even have to read all chapters in the textbook because the lectures are really helpful and interesting. The experiments are fun too.

This is definately not one of the easiest intro. courses in SB but she lets you know that in the beginning. The reading is excessive and you have to read very carefully. She is very enthusiastic, class is fun, but you do have to read and do the work to do well.

Fun Teacher, strange tests.

I did ok and i really think she's a pretty good teacher but overall her exams were crazy. Most of it is from the book so attending class is just more or less a joke. I dont recommend this clas unless you're a psy major. Also check out Kaplan, he teaches too. check his class out. heard he's better.

I had her for both intro and cognition. She's funny and goofy. She does a really good job explaining topics, but is usually broad because there is so much to cover. You have to learn all the details of stuff in the textbook. Take the textbook seriously and study it. You leave the class knowing a lot of interesting things.

great course, despite the heavy readings, but very interesting lectures. just do the reading then you should be fine. 3 midterms and one final

Yes, her class is hard. You have to put in effort. But she's fair and upfront about the requirements the first day. To do well, you need to know the complete text and her lectures. Those that complain about her don't take her reqs seriously until right before test time. If you do that, there is a good chance you won't do as well as you would like.

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I really enjoyed having Intro to Psych with Professor Franklin. I enjoyed her sense of humor, her ideas on how to make a class interesting, and I thought the class was a piece of cake. As long as you keep up with the readings she assigns, PSY 103 was an

i dont know what these other ppl are talking about. the class is not one of the easiest out there, but she is a good teacher. as long as you read the txtbk and know the definitions you will do fine. her lectures are entertaining, and she really loves what she is teaching.

She's a decent teacher. She is very helpful, and clear. It's an easy class if you actually read the textbook and do more than just memorize definitions.

This professor was absolutely amazing! She tries extremely hard to keep the class engaged in every single lecture. She's hilarious and very entertaining and my best professor by far. As long as you study the textbook along with the lecture slides, you'll do fine. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time learning the material.

uses good examples in class

She's such a great teacher. She presents the material in a comprehensive and fun way.

She is an excellent professor. She has a great sense of humor and she keeps the class fun. The material can be dry, but she makes it interesting. Most important for this class...you must read the text book! A large portion of her tests are straight from the book, you can't pass without doing the work! It's a tough class, but she is awesome!

If you read this isn't that difficult of a class. She tries to keep the class interesting and usually succeeds.

Nancy Franklin is great, she is passionate about her subject and teaches is accordingly. She is a kind person and treats her students as if they are important (sometimes surprisingly so.)

She is a great teacher who is very passionate about what she teaches. She will always try to mae the material as intersting as she can, and that helps quite a bit. Her stories are always funny and helpful for understanding the topics. She always tries her best to answer your questions, even further researching to find answers. READ THE TEXTBOOK.

She's a very nice professor. She tries to keep the material interesting even when it's pretty dry. If you read the notes and review the textbook you'll do fine.

I highly dont recommend this teacher for the average student. Yes she is "interesting" and her classes are "fun" but let me tell you something when you are taking the tests that she gives you(extremely hard) you wont be having fun, if anything you will be thinking whether or not to PNC the class - most likely will becuase she doesnt kno how to act

Franklin's lectures are pretty decent, boring but not 2 boring, she's an OK teacher but she test on on things that are in the book and not what she lectures on. Do the readings on your own and dont depend on her to teach u whats going to be on the test, cuase most of what lectures about does not appear on tests

i think she is a good teacher. Granted the tests are type hard..but she teaches well and she is very interesting

VERY HARD CLASS-tests were extremely difficult even when you do all the readings and attend lectures. She is a great professor though and does try to help her students by giving extra credit and dropping the lowest test grade. Be prepared to work hard, study, and read the entire text book.

I think she's a great professor, but with a whacked out grading system. I forgot to hand in two assignments, and it lowered my avg by 2 full grades. The tests ARE hard but not impossible. It's too bad her grading system is weird, cause I liked her

She's nice but a little crazy. Her exams are really tough. Alas, we're just students, so we don't understand the subject at her level. Do all the short assignments and participate in all experiments, since not doing them can hurt your grade. I'm just so glad it's over and that I got a B.

she's very clear on wat to do, if you do them you're fine. the extra credits are a real boost to your final grade. idk wat ppl complain about her tests, but if you know the material you're good, pay attention to examples. her lectures are great compared to the other pys 103 professor, whose lec is ZZZZZZ

Her lectures are really interesting. Make sure you come to class everyday becasue the extra credits really boosts your grade. The tests do have few questions from the textbook that people overlook, but its not that bad. I think she is a real good teacher..i really didnt read 2 much and I got an A..so the extra credit does help!

She really knows what she is talking about, the lectures a pretty interesting. I personally didnt do the best I could in this class probably because I didnt read as much as I should (its A LOT of reading). I kinda regret not going to class everyday cause she gives extra credit for that. Tests arent too easy but they are all multiple choice.

extremely interesting lectures. It's a class I don't really mind going to. She's very energetic and cheery, and goes everything and makes sure it's clear, and tries to get students to tell her if anything is unclear. Also tries to make students interact with the lecture. I like this class a lot.

Really interesting material but you HAVE to study a lot, her tests are really detailed. Also make sue you come to class to get extra credit. Good lecturer and fun class!

Her tests are fair. If you're planning to take PSY 103 expect there to be a lot of reading(the whole textbook). Her lecture's are interesting.

As long as you study, you'll be fine. Tests were extremely easy with studying. She is very funny, and very easy to learn from.

Your grade for this class consists of 9 Cog Labs(easy), 2 midterms(lowest grade is dropped), and a final. The exams are challenging, but if you attend all the lectures and study your notes you'll do well. I got an A in the class by doing that.

Interesting lectures. However, the test were extremely hard. Not much of her lecture was used on the test. You definitely need to read the entire textbook over and over to understand and pass this class.

Her class is fun, but the exams are hard...

I don't understand why so many people dislike this professor. I've had three classes with her and I think she's interesting, approachable and fair. For this class...there are 7 exams, 3 lowest are dropped. That seems pretty fair to me. Low textbook usage, but you MUST go to class...but she usually lets you out early and they're interesting

the best!!!

alright all you kids listen. go to class YOU MAKE THE CALL are a great way to gain extra points at the end of the semester and her lectures are fun shes a chill gal truthfully....and she drops 1 midtermthe only bad thing about the class is the amount of information for each exam....

Easy way to get points: you make the call. Do it! go to class! also, read the textbook. She's a really great lecturer and she makes them really fun. She even has her little dog running around. But you do have to do a lot of reading b/c her lectures only count for 10% of the test. She's very nice and helpful so don't be afraid to ask questions

Go to lectures and read the textbook. Easy class.

Sweet lady, but Amazingly hard tests. Quizzes were hard...and the final was ridiculous. No review sheet, Can't study off the previous quizzes since it's not related...so what? Read the long boring text book ALL over again, and only had about 5 questions from the book on the exam out of 30 questions..sigh.

Her lectures are really interesting and I like them a lot. She is a very funny person and she explains everything clearly. She is a great professor. However, her tests are hard and requires a lot of common sense. But other than that, she's a really really good teacher and she's my inspiration.

This class isn't difficult to pass as long as you keep up with the readings. It's true that her lectures don't pertain to the tests very much, but they are extremely intresting and you can earn up to 7 extra points on your final grade by going to lecture. Basically, all you have to do is read the book and use common sense to pass her tests.

lectures had very little to do with the class but where fun to go to....the readings are 90% of the test...gives up to 7 points of extra credet on your final grades and the way she grades where very fair.

great professor. Tries to make class interesting and funny so you stay interested. Test questions rely on both the textbook and the class notes. Test questions were hard but no papers or hw in this class. Gives plenty of opportunities for extra credit if you just go to class. doesnt put slides on blackboard which kind of sucks just takes notes

I loved her lectures, she seems like a well-rounded individual, and she always brings her Dog to the class. Her tests were hard because they wasn't as relevent to the lectures, but generally they were fair because as long as you studied, you'll do good.

I would reccomend taking PSY 103 for your DEC F requirement; Prof. Franklin is a very fair teacher, attendence isn't necessary unless you want extra credit points, and as long as you spend a few hours skimming through the textbook before a midterm (I never used any lecture notes to study) you'll do fine. I got an A- with very little effort.

Shes a great professor. she teaches well and the class isn't boring. test are all MC so its not that bad. the only thing is that you should read the book

Nancy Franklin is AWESOME! She is sooo clever and witty. She is enthusiastic and loves her job. She makes lectures fun. She is so brilliant. I have such admiration for her. Her tests can be tricky but shes fair in the end and does curve at the end.

AWESOME AWESOME PROFESSOR!!! loved taking her class...lectures were actually interesting...and prob the only lecture all semester that i didnt sleep through...tests arent terrible if u read n go 2 lecture...overall this prof cares about how her students do and wants to help you...gave crazy extra credit for my semester. Take her class!

i went to class once, never did any experiments,and missed the 2nd midterm.i just read the textbook and took careful notes on it. all i needed on the final to get an A was an 85! not bad! she seemed nice the one time i was there and gives lots of extra credit (which i also didnt do) tests are right out of the text.

Prof Franklin in great. She is really a nice person and cares about her students. Her tests are tricky but she curves them also gives extra credit. If you go to lecture and read the textbook you should do fine :)

Great professor. Will explain things as many times as necessary to be clear. She makes her lectures interesting and fun with alot of in class experiments, despite our class size (Javits). I had her for a late class, but never minded going, she is an intelligent and engaging professor.

She is an amazing professor. She makes her class very interesting and allows for in class extra credit assignments. Just keep up with the readings (vocab basically) and you'll do fine- even if you don't come to the class!

Professor Franklin is a cool professor who makes things interesting. Her tests are all Multi-choice, but beware sometimes unimportant topics, (like effects of LSD) come up on the test,and you're left dumbfounded. Otherwise, she keeps things interesting. she's a little strange, but all in all a good professor. fair in her extra credit options too!

Her lectures are really interesting. Just the textbook is way too long with useless information. Her midterms are based on both lecutres and textbook. She's a really cool teacher

Hard as hell

She's one of the most friendly professors I've ever had, but her tests aren't. They are multiple choice, but they based heavily on the text book which is pretty complex stuff (Psych of Memory).Over 50% of the exam includes the answers: all of the above, none of the above, or more than two of the above. Take only if your interested in the subject.

Ok. Here's the truth: She's hard if you don't read the book. Her lectures are interesting and somewhat helpful for the major topics. Drops lowest midterm. Read the book, take notes, come to class and you'll get by. Basically she's a lot of work but it's pretty interesting most of the time.

@ the begining I went to her classes but then i found out there was no point b/c she blabs on stuff that u have 2 read on anyways. there's no point in going. although she does extra credit but only picks out certain ones to count as extra credit so basicly if u want those extra credit u have show up everytime b/c u won't kno what days she'll give t

OMG i absolutly loved this class. It was the most interesting psych class and I loved her lectures. her tests are extremely extremely hard but they are curved alot. You have to read the whole text book and there are 9 CogLabs...mini experiments that need write ups... and 5 hrs of experiments outside of class. Its alot of work!

tests based SOLELY on the textbook, lectures have no impact on the tests. her lectures might seem somewhat interesting but has a sort of god-complex. there are also random attendance checks. heavily curved class.

interesting lectures but textbook is so boring. 2nd midterm contained a lot of information. coglabs are easy and you need to do 5 credits for psych lab

By far my favorite teacher at the campus. She is hard as hell and can write test questions like it's no body's business, but she is awesome. What other class will you learn why you forgot to bring whipped cream to the bedroom or how 37 is lumpy like oatmeal.

this is the second time i'm taking her class. the first time i got a D bc i didn't go to lecture and read. now i go to every single class and read the entire text and do all of the questions in the book. i've gotten a 43/50 on the first exam and a 45/50 on the second exam. it's hard if you just bs- just go to class and read

She's really easy to understand, and helpful with your questions, even with 500 people in the class. It was my favorite class. She'll make you laugh, too! The tests have massive amounts of material, but that just means the questions are broader. All multiple choice too. Definitely a great class.

Lectures are interesting, she explains things fairly and clearly. Her tests are hard and tricky, mainly from textbook readings. The readings are way too long and too detailed. I recommend taking this class with a different professor if possible.

the class is interesting. she's a good speaker. but her exams are tricky. there's a lot of reading to do, and the exams are pretty much based off of the text.

Very fun and friendly professor. Has some interesting quirks (Has not owned a television in 15 years). VERY dependent on the textbook, so be prepared for reading a lot. Nonetheless the tests are fairly easy. I have barely opened the textbook and have been getting 80s on exams. It's not that bad.

lectures are fun if you have someone to talk to during class. the readings are long and tedious, and you must study thoroughly through the reading in order to achieve a high score. avoid her, especially if you're just going for dec credit.

Her lectures are very important on her midterms so I would go them. They are extremely boring most of the time, so make a friend in the lecture hall to make small talk with the entire time. She relies on her TAs to do all of her grading and scoring, so I felt as if I don't know her at all. Midterms are do-able even without reading, but I would

I love Prof. Franklin. I always looked forward to coming to class - her lectures are fun and make learning easy. The text was perfect too - straight forward, clear, and interesting. I took some notes in class, read most of the text. Before exams, I reviewed my notes and took the text chapter review quizzes. I got an A...and learned a lot.

I loved this class. The thing is, you can't count on the lectures alone to get good grades. She's a great speaker, but she only talks about the "interesting stuff" in lectures. As long as you read and study the textbook too, an A is not that hard to get ..

All the raters here have been really unfair. She is extremely helpful, and lecture material does appear on the exams. However, you should probably read the text as well. I did a moderate amount of studying for this class and got an A. Oh, and the final is optional! Or a midterm, depending which one you do worse on or skip.

You have to read the textbook and attend lecture. It's annoying, but that's how I got an A. She doesn't teach everything in the bk and she mentions stuff in class that's not in the bk that is on the test. Nice person though and nice TA's. Very enthusiastic. They gave an extra credit at the end of the semester.

I have started taking PSY 103 this fall with Dr.Franklin and its the best thing that has happened to me. It is such an interesting class with all that psychological and scientific research thinking that she tries to instill in us. It is like actually "learning psychology" and not just notes and tests. Reading has to be regular to get a decent grade

Ok. She might not teach as much as people want but how could she. You want her to teach 120 pages in 2 lectures? She makes everything that is hard in the chapter very clear with her examples. You technically don't have to show up, but if you want a good grade then you should go. I love the class. She is a nice break in the day and very enthusiastic

For all the people who are complaining, what do you expect? How is she suppose to teach over 500 pages of material? Well. anyway, the class isn't too bad, it can be very interesting at times. Expect ALOT of reading.

She is very lively and friendly professor. She smiles all the time and cares about students. I don't like the fact that the grades are only based on exams. If you really like to learn take her class. she makes class interesting.

Her class is interesting. She's not that bad, but I do not recommend Franklin. Her midterm is mostly based on textbook not her lecture note. If you read the textbook, this class should be easy.

She's sweet as pie! ANY PSY 103 class is going to be a bad time BUT 367 is clear and easy; short, simple exams. No final. She is very clear and has a very positive attitude. Certainly reccomended for a PSY elective.

TAs deducting HW points for 'floating commas' and other tiny nuances, while giving students absolutely no feedback, was ridiculous in a PSY class. If you had the energy to go to their office hours, I estimate that half the time, they would end up giving you full credit because they had no legitimate reason for taking points off anyway.

If you don't read the chapters assigned you will NOT pass. She picks one tiny bit of info and spends the whole class lecturing on it when she should be talking about other topics as well. It was still an interesting class..despite all the reading.

Lots of textbook reading, if youre into that... only helpful if you go out of youre way for extra help.

I don't recommend her class because she has cumulative final. So you have to know the entire 500+ pages of the book for the final Other professor Gerrig doesn't do cumulative final. So you guys should take him instead of her if you want a good grade!

The class is a lot of fun, but you must work hard. For serious students only. Don't just show up and hope to pass because you probably won't!

Class attendance is optional since she doesn't cover most of the topics on her exams. Reading the text book is a must. Whatever she goes over in class is a plus. She is funny and engaging in class. Its a shame that she doesn't teach all the topics. But then again, you meet all kinds of professors in college.

She made the topic of memory so interesting and is a very kind soul!

I definitely don't agree with the majority of people here. Professor Franklin is one of my favorite professors. Her lectures are fun and dynamic. I find the tests very easy and straightforward. You just have to read the book. I honestly thought PSY 103 is one of the easiest classes at Stony Brook. I am shocked so many people have some trouble in it

Dr. Franklin seems to be a pretty cool person but she is hard in class and I don't think she would give anyone a break. Her class is definitely challenging but I am learning a lot from her. She's pretty easy on the eyes too ;) Great smile! Would recommend, I guess.

I found this class to be interesting. Dr. Frankling was very entertaining and straight forward. If you go to class and keep up with the reading, you'll get a good grade. I wasn't particularly interested in psychology before taking this class, but I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed it.

Professor Franklin is by far the best professor I had this semester. The class and tests are challenging but we had great TAs who held review sessions. Professor Franklin and the TAs were really enthusiastic and approachable. I loved all 3 of them and laughed so much during class. It felt like going to a comedy club. She's a really sweet lady.

Professor Franklin is the best!! Her lectures are always interesting with plenty of TED talks to make the time go a little faster. The tests are a combination of textbook and lecture but a lot of it overlaps. I'm definitely going tot take another course that she teaches.

Here lectures are essentially useless. She nevers gives out the exams or tells you an example of the type of questions on the exams. The grading policy sucks for this class. No curve, makes a really interesting class, much more difficult than it needs to be.

I don't know why these people are saying the class is hard. I didn't even bother looking at the textbook and got an A-. She is a great professor. To study for the tests, I watched the lectures over right before the test. Being a bad test-taker, I managed to good on them. Oh, and do your experiment hours early to take advantage of the extra credit!

This course was not had at all. In my opinion, she's the easier PSY 103 professor. She skips over many things in her lectures but her exams are very fair. I just attended lectures, read the textbook and got an A. She is very willing to help students. This course is definitely an easy DEC.

Her lectures cover most topics- I did not read the textbook and still received a good grade in the class. Textbook use would improve this class to an easy A. Attendance is measured by clicker questions, but most of the test material is covered in class. She is also very enthusiastic, and tries to bring in a lot of TED talks to spice it up.

Good class. Clicker questions asked in every class best out of 50 is used. Sometimes she does like 5-7 in one class that was a bit nerve racking. Very nice and helpful. Uses material from textbook and lecture on tests. 3 Midterms - 1 Final (accumulative)

I don't understand yet why some people say that exams are hard. Grades are curved and there are a lot of options to maintain your grade on high level (clickers, participation in studies, extra credit, etc). So if if you use all these options than it's not that necessary to have very high exam grades... Enjoyed every lecture.

Love her as a professor. I think her lectures are great, and really get the entire hall interested in the subject area. Make sure to keep up with the readings or else the tests could be ten times harder. I would so love to have her again

Professor Franklin is really nice and quirky. Her lectures are filled with TED talks on relevant subjects and she always puts the lecture slides online. There's about 2-3 clicker questions a class and I recommend looking at the textbook on a occasion. She's a really great professor, I recommend her.

Her tests combine the textbook and her lectures, so you kind of do need to buy the textbook in order to do well. She gives clicker points if you get them right, and they're included in your final grade. Overall, pretty fair.

This was the only class I had this semester that I actually looked forward to going to.

Good professor. Quirky, funny, knows her stuff well. She's good at what she does and doesn't run around in circles or goes off on a tangent like other professors. Class was difficult for an intro course, though, and messed up my GPA. Tests were difficult and had to study for them more than for some of my higher level ones. Not at all unfair, though

Very compassionate about what she teaches so she expects you to put in the same effort she does. Lectures are power points and easy to follow. Clicker quizzes at the end of every class so you should show up. Answers questions thoroughly. Tests are VERY specific and many random questions from the textbook. Study way before to get a good grade.

Loved Nancy. Looked forward to her lectures & I loved her hilarious, dorky personality. Her tests aren't a walk in the park, however she does drop the lowest test score since there is no curve. The textbook is SO helpful and crucial to getting an A in this class. Textbook majority of final. Midterms 50% textbook content, 50% lecture content.

Please go to all lectures, read the book and go over lecture notes before exams, she makes the class seem easy from the beginning but that's when people do bad on exams. People are very hard on her, but that's because they perceived the class as an easy intro to psychology from the beginning. It's definitely a weed-out class, not an easy A.

Great teacher, very nice, happy, and friendly. She set up the class very fairly.

Professor Franklin was great! She's extremely charismatic and energetic and tries her best to make class fun and interesting. She gives a lot of clicker questions that count towards participation points. She makes you really work for your grade because her tests are a combo of very specific information from both the textbook and her lectures.

Franklin is amazing! She is so passionate about what she teaches. It is true that you have to somewhat read the textbook for the class though. But if you pay attention in class all the time, the textbook is not extremely important. She also offers many chances for extra credit!!

I took Professor Franklin for Cognitive Psychology and she has a talent for teaching this course. I loved her lectures!!!! Exams can be tough.

She gives amazing lectures but the midterms and finals are very tough! It tests the details of your textbook readings so you MUST read the textbook cover to cover. She gives extra credit and does clicker questions from the first minute to the last minute of class. Good and funny, but tough teacher.

Her lectures are really fun, interesting and inspiring. You can miss some classes because she only takes 40 clicker questions for the semester. But I really recommend to go to lectures because even if you forget something on the test paper the interesting facts she mentioned in the lecs will help you out. Do read your textbook though!!

Prof Franklin is really into teaching psychology and you can tell that she loves what she does. Her lectures are very interesting and I've never been bored in class. However, you NEED to keep up with the textbook readings (there's A LOT of reading)! Her tests are mostly things that are straight from the textbook and barely from the lectures.

Professor Franklin is really great, you can tell she really loves what she's teaching about. I would definitely recommend you pick her if you're taking PSY103. She's really funny and keeps her lectures interesting. Only downside is that you need to read to textbook cover to cover.

She's really nice and her lectures are interesting, however, the exams are pretty much entirely based on the textbook. You don't even need to study the slides to do well, just be ready to cram whole chapters into your memory. Attending class is is important for clicker points, but you don't even have to get the questions right; just be present.

She's a really nice/great professor all around but if you take her class be prepared to read an entire chapter from the textbook a week to keep up. The exams are based on the textbook, not the lectures. Come to class for clicker point credit.

She is very passionate about what she does, her lectures are great an engaging. She is a super nice lady and always excited about answering questions after class or in office hours (by appointment). The tests are very detailed so pay attention in class and read the textbook.

4 tests & drops lowest score (80%), clicker q's (15%) and research req (5%). MUST GO TO CLASS. she breaks down every concept that will be on the test to make it easy to understand. for tests: use lecture slides to make an outline, then use the book to fill in the blanks. the tests r 70% lecture info, 30% book info. VERY NICE LADY. VERY PASSIONATE.

She's a really sweet lady. There are 4 tests (she drops the lowest) and they are all out of 30. They're tough, but fair. Pretty equal balance between what you learn in class and what you learn in the reading. You have to go to enough classes to get the maximum clicker points (but the questions are very easy) and you have to do SONA hours.

Professor Franklin is a really cool professor, she is cute and her lectures are fun. The only hard thing I have met was to study for the exams. Remember to read the textbooks and pay attention to both details and big ideas, also pay attention in class. Her clicker questions and curve saved me.

She is far the best. This first year is really very hard, franklin makes it best with use of her knowldge in cognitive psychology to input knowldge in our brains.

I had Nancy first semester freshman year. If you read the text book, you should be good. She puts a lot from the books on her tests. I recommend printing out the notes before class and then writing down stuff she says. Overall, you can tell she loves the subject and it's a great class.

She's not terrible. Be ready to actually read your textbooks and talk about something different in class. The classes are large, mines over 360 students. If you need hands on this isn't a class for you but if you're a visual and auditory learner it's fairly straightforward.

I generally enjoyed Professor Franklin's class. There were 3 tests and a final (if you want to pass READ THE TEXTBOOK!!!). Attendance wasn't necessarily mandatory, but participation points are based off the quiz questions at the end of the lecture. Research Experiment hours are required but they're super easy to get done throughout the semester.

She isn't hard to listen to and I enjoyed going to her lectures even though she posted them. just read the textbook and its an easy a

Prof. Franklin has great personality and can entertain the class (although some of the TED Talks can be boring). She expects a lot from her students in that they have to read the textbook to answer some questions to the exams. If you don't read and do the practice textbook questions, good luck getting an A.

Everything on the test basically comes from the textbook. Useful information given in lecture. She makes the class interesting but the actual exams are all from text book readings. Attendance matter, clicker questions are given throughout class so you can't really miss class.

Have her for Psych 103. Shes so hilarious and she makes the lectures super fun! Sometimes she goes by the slides kinda quick but its okay if youre payijg attention. Not everything she puts on the slides are necessary to take notes on. Overall thought shes a great teacher and explains psychology very well

Great lectures, she really knows what she is talking about and is passionate about teaching. Exams are pretty fair for the most part.

Amazing lectures. Very hard tester-my advisor called her the toughest in the psych department. Uses echo, so you can access everything from home but she also uses clicker questions for 20% of the grade or so

Hardest class I've ever taken. Studying won't help you pass the tests. Her tests are solely passed on the chapter reading and have nothing to do with her slides in class. Her tests are extremely challenging and she knows it. She has a great personality but her tests kill.

Dr. Franklin is an amazing lecturer- just reading her slides aren't enough to get the full understanding you could have if you actively listened to her lectures, where she does a really fantastic job of making the content more digestible. A loooot of material covered on exams, but a lot of HW opportunities to make up for it. Very knowledgeable.

Professor Franklin is the most amazing professor I have ever had. She is so helpful, makes boring concepts interesting, and really keeps her class engaged. Highly recommended.

My favorite professor at Stony Brook. Doesn't take attendance, and uploads the slides. Tests can be tricky, as she really does want to make sure you understand the content rather than just memorized the words. Highly recommend going to the lectures, though. She's passionate and funny and cares about her students and it shows.

Very good prof, just long classes, and most credit is from exams.

Dr. Franklin is a wonderful professor, her lectures are interesting and engaging. The material isn't necessarily difficult but don't expect an easy a. Very kind, super thankful to have had her as a professor during 2020. She really cares about her students.