This class was extremely easy and amazing for getting comfortable with classes at UCSB! You work in groups and get to meet new people and learn how to read research articles and discuss them. Woods is a great professor and really knows what she is talking about.

Dr. Woods is so helpful & passionate. Very accessible, I recommend going to OH. There's a lot of busy work & attendance is mandatory but it's not hard and it comes together in the end. 2 indiv. online + group in-person midterms but they're easy. Final research paper that you get a lot of guidance on and the rest of the grade is from lab/section.

Professor Woods was an excellent teacher!! enthusiastic about the content and explains things well. learned so much and have a great understanding of the course material that I will retain for a long time. She really teaches to think critically, and to use and apply knowledge... not just to memorize one day and throw out the next.

I took Prof. Woods for both Psy 10A and 120L, and I recommend avoiding taking classes with her. She assigns way too much busy work each week. The only good thing about her class is that exams are take-home. Attendance is mandatory, but her lectures are a complete waste of time in my opinion. She's also very passive aggressive.

Her class had a lot of busy work which I wasn't a fan of, but it was all easy and as long as you put in the time an A is super achievable. She's also the sweetest, most approachable person ever and will remember/say hi to you quarters after you've taken the class

Prof. Woods is hard and gives a lot of work, but she is very fair and makes sure that if you do the work, attend class, and actively engage with her content, you will be rewarded with a greater understanding of psychology and neuroscience. She is not a prof you want to take if you want an easy A, but will definitely make you a better scientist.

I had Woods for 10A and I loved her. The class focuses on writing a research proposal, and there is a clear and well organized system that slowly sets you up to writing it. Woods really knows what she is talking about, and is available and ready for questions. She can come off a bit intense, but she is very nice and willing to help.

She is unaccommodating, and condescending towards students. She isn't inspiring and thinks that she's better than other professors because she makes students do a lot of work.

her class felt like we had no other classes going on and had all the time in the world for that one class. the things worth 5% took hours to do but the things worth 20% suspiciously took 2 minutes? graded the take home exam super harshly and was overall annoying. no.

I found Dr. Woods engaging and caring. Tests were fair, lots of different things go into the grade so plenty of ways to get points. Research paper is daunting but follow guidelines and start early. Dr. Woods was super helpful one on one and made herself extra available when the TAs struck. Overall loved this class!

I spent a lot of time on the proposal and followed the A examples to a T. However, I still only received an A- on the paper. All the prep and busy work didn't help me do any better on the proposal, as I had changed all my details by the final paper anyways. Lectures were long and she took a long time to explain simple concepts. Hardish tests

Woods is not understanding or helpful. She is very strict and straightforward and does not put in effort to empathize with students. Her lectures are good but the class is unorganized and she is not very accommodating.

Dr. woods is a kind professor but her exams & group "quizzes" are impossible. Very ambiguous open-ended questions that are difficult to grasp or understand what she wants you to answer, yet your answer is expected to be very specific & graded by TAs. There's no clear grading criteria &too many worthless assignments. It was a really bad class setup.

Dr. Woods is the most lovely. Had her for Psy 109 and Psy 10A and always makes classes so engaging. People who don't leave her a good review are lazy and don't take advantage of all the resources she gives us. Very evident that she is passionate about what she teaches. Clear course outline and grading. She is simply the best!

This professor should take advice from RMP. DON'T FORGET TO PROOF READ! Her midterm didn't even make sense because she doesn't know how to write a sentence that is grammatically correct. Her lectures are the same but I expected different on a midterm. It took me so long to even understand what she was trying to ask me. Don't take her.

Dr. Woods is a very enthusiastic professor that engages the class during lecture so you won't fall asleep. She repeats important topics many times which is super useful for the final paper. very accessible outside of class and overall not a harsh grader and tests are very reasonable. Very straightforward and to the point with her lectures.

I've had woods 3 times, can definitely tell she really wants to be a good teacher. Her classes are pretty labor intensive, but she tries her hardest to make everything fair. sometimes there's questions or assignments that were unclear to me though sometimes.

I appreciate her enthusiasm and her lectures are helpful. I hated all the group projects and Eli review stuff is a pain but since there are so many assignments you can mess up and still do okay. Good professor but the class design is strange.

She gives so much extra work worth minimal points that take so much time, like 5% for Eli review which takes hours to properly respond! Also your grade heavily relies on group work (30%) and how many hours you spend detailing each take home home exam. Less than 12 hours? You'll get an F on that exam. More memorization than actual learning.

Finished the class with an 89 and she wouldn't round up. Most of your grade is based on a research paper that is graded by TA's and then only given final grade-no feedback on paper. Lecture heavy on material that isn't very relevant to final 10 page research proposal.

Overall, the tests are not very difficult and will not drop your grade if you study and understand the material. What really can drop your grade is the research paper, many people do much worse than they thought and it will drop them at least a letter grade.

It is clear that she is passionate about psychology and she wants her students to succeed. Fair exams (open note for my section) and the proposal are the bulk of your grade. Mostly everything else graded on completion/effort. Tends to be a bit of a confusing lecturer and goes on unrelated tangents when answering questions. Start the proposal EARLY!

Talks more than she teaches

Prof. Woods is great! Our big end-of-year project was a research proposal and she did well in preparing us for it through the quarter. Her lectures are easy to follow along, and not super difficult. She does coddle her students a little bit, but otherwise she is a super great professor.