Dr. Woods is great! She made 8am lectures worth attending. She really cares about your success and helps you understand research in psychology. The research proposal is extensive and a significant amount of your grade but it makes the class interesting. But sometimes her lecture slides are unclear and do not correlate with what she's talking about

Lectures heavily and simple topics take about a week to get through. She could definitely speed it up and not over complicate things but it wasn't that big of a deal. The tests really weren't that hard at all especially if you read the textbook and memorize the bold terms/ lecture slides. Research paper is graded tough. Midterm is like practice one

Shes pretty average. The textbook was disgustingly long and boring. The lectures are easy to follow but she does talk a lot to get a simple point across (Three lectures on one topic). Tests were pretty difficult. Curves slightly at the end. Make sure you do well on the paper because I bombed the tests but did really well in the paper.

An ok professor. Mostly reads off slides but will answer questions if you have them. Is available for office hours. Tests are pretty difficult. Textbook was boring and awful to read. Final research proposal is graded very very hard. Go to section!

She's super nice and helpful during office hours. Concepts weren't hard but the exams definitely were.

Attendance is definitely not mandatory. She spends a lot of time over-complicating rather simple concepts but then tests you on much harder concepts. Most people who've taken 10A agree that her lecture style is poor. She is rather friendly and it seems like she cares about her students though, so there's that.

Dr. Woods made what would have been very boring material interesting. She is enthusiastic, and truly cares what she is talking about. Office hours were super helpful, she helped me come up with my paper design and gave me her full attention. Her tests are tricky, make sure you know all of the vocab, she gives a lot of A+B or A+C options

Professor Woods was great. She was very enthusiastic and hands on during lecture, she even made cookies to give us an example of an experiment. It is definitely possible to get an A in this class if you put in the work. Do the readings and you will be fine (the book isnt as boring as you might think). Go to office hours for help on the proposal.

very tough grader, i found her quite rude to students and she just read off the powerpoints, she is not a fair grader and her tests are so much harder than the material she covers.

Great teacher - she is very organized and lecture heavy. Pay attention in class and take notes, ask questions during her accessible office hours (if needed). Tests were hard and you should probably read the book to prepare (she goes fast during lectures, and covers a lot of material). She is extremely approachable, so don't be afraid to ask ?s!

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.

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.

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'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.

Talks more than she teaches

This class was a lot of work and super stressful, but just take things one step at a time. You have to work with a group the entire course which is painful. There's a final exam which is super easy and there's a retake for it as well. Major part of grade was the research paper. Prof is caring and understanding if you reach out.

Of all of my professors, Dr. Woods made the switch to online curriculum the most bearable. She communicated throughout the week, and provided detailed suggestions for how you should organize your study time. She was very accommodating if you took the time to reach out.

This class was very stressful for me, but was very rewarding. Lots of assignments that arent so much difficult but tedious and time consuming and worth a small percent of your grade. The final paper is what counts most but if you keep up with the drafts you should be okay. Big group research project and presentation. Be prepared to work hard.

Dr. Woods is super enthusiastic when she teaches, which makes learning a lot more fun. I wish every professor would have this passion for helping their students understand what is being taught. By far my favorite class that I have taken at UCSB.

This class is so much work. Seriously the most stressful class Ive taken at UCSB. I feel like she can make it simple but chooses to make it completely difficult with so many assignments. If you do everything you should get an a but be prepared to be really stressed out because this class is unbelievably stressful. I dont recommend.