Morrill, Belinda  

Dr. Morill is great, definately a bit off-kilter, but that's exactly what makes this class exciting. She's what makes the class workable, the subject is very memorization-heavy and not really all that exciting. Do the reading and study a bit for a passing grade, take great notes, read, and study a lot and get an A. Trust me, it's hard to get excited about psychology. You'll have to do a lot of busy work to earn this A, but if you're motivated and have the time to spare, it's definately attainable. I got a B+ :( /blame Calc 3

if you have belinda for a discussion section teacher, be prepared to have an easy time... seriously. If you hear people have a tough time in psy 102, they probably didn't have belinda as a discussion teacher. She gives like 15% extra credit on your test scores along with another 5% for doing an extra research study (easy). thats 20% assured in your grade along with her open note quizzes that account for 20% of your grade and another 5% for pretty easy hw assignments. The midterms and finals for psy 102 were, tbh easy. Study and you will be fine. If you don't believe me, I was ditched the class more times than I actually went to class and still ended up with a solid A.

Morrill is a really nice lady. I had her for recitation and she really put in an effort to help students get an edge. She goes through the tests you take in the main lecture hall and decides which questions she thinks were unfair or that she didn't like and throws them out giving you bonus points (she goes to all the lectures, so she knows what the tests are going to be comprised of). The first day of class she said we never had to go to recitation just make sure you talk to someone to see if an assigment was given. she gives out 6 assignments over the course of the 10 classes, and they are all cake. they take at most 25 minutes (most take 5-10) and if you do them all you can easily get a 42/40 on all of them (she gives extra credit if you do a "good" job) and that's as much as another test so if you score average on the three tests you take in the lecture hall you can boost your grade significantly with her assignment points. Great teacher, very friendly in office hours (which i used offen becuase i hardly made it to class), and covers what she KNOWS is important to study for the tests.

She's cool. She means well in all her lectures. The class was easy, and she presented the material VERY VERY VERY Well, she even gave people REALLY easy ways to get extra credit, I think I finished with a 106%. I recommend her.

Belinda is so funny! I took her psy 201 class when I attended Summer Institute 2005 and she is an awesome teacher. Very enthusiastic, very friendly, and cares a lot about her students! Take her and learn the 4 F's!!!

this class is pretty boring, notes the whole period basically. 3 midterms, dont have to take the final if you like your midterrm grades. The tests are hard if you don't study the material well. HW is light, journals are easy. Not having to take the final is awesome but make sure you study for the midterms, other than that, this class is easy.

Dr. Morrill is definitely one of the most interesting people I have ever met. TAKE HER CLASS. She is wacky and always energetic. She really knows a lot about her subject. I really enjoyed this class and it was definitely my favorite of the quarter. The material would have been really boring if anyone else had presented it. Dr. Morrill is so lively and excited there is no way I could ever have fallen asleep in her class. She is also awesome because she gives you a ten minute break halfway through the class. She also makes the final exam optional. Definitely take Dr. Morrill.

Morril can be a bit crazy, in fact, one of the first things she told us in class was about how crazy she tends to be. The only homework she assigns is journals, which can be annoying, but by no means hard. She teaches what I find to be a dry subject, but does so as energetically and fun as possible. She has 3 midterms and a final, which you don't have to take. I would strongly advise taking her if you have the chance.

awesome recitation teacher ......worth 25% of overall grade .....have 4 labs and 2 group reports where everyone who does it gets full credit .....she give u an extra point on every test for correcting one wrong answer.....she explains material well ...rest of class is made up of 3 50 problem tests and an essay .....good and interesting class

Morrill is a pretty good recitation prof. She goes over material that usually shows up on the lecture exams. She's really easy to talk to and you don't have to do that much work in her recitation. She also lets you get extra credit on the 2 midterms by correcting a question.

Awesome recitation instructor. Interesting to listen to because she is so enthusiastic, and seems to like her job. It makes you actually want to go to recitation. Take this teacher if you can.

I'll add my "me too" and say that Morrill is a really great teacher and good choice for recitation if you can get her. I just wanted to note that she changed the class format since the previous postings -- no labs, no groups, just a bluebook that you write in each week. Pretty easy stuff.

Morill is a great teacher. She makes the topics from lecture more interesting, and the journals are a cinch to do. She also lets you make up 1 point from each midterm, which is definitely a plus. Highly recommended.

Dr. Morrill was the only reason I got an A in psychology with all the bonus points she gave. I was very reluctant to take the class at 9:00 in the morning, but the hours of lost sleep once a week were worth it. Take her if you can.

Dr. Morrill is hilarious. She has a really good sense of humor, and tells really good stories to get the point of the lecture across. She is really knowledgable and has done a lot in the psyc profession.

She is a great professor! This class is a cake walk. You are on your own for the lecture test, but thet are really simple. Don't even bother reading the book the lecture notes online are easy to follow and give you everthing you need to know. As for rec. just go to class. She has you do journals which are pretty simple a half page or so and she lets you earn a point back that you might have missed on the exam by writting a paragraph on the topic of the missed question. Just put in a half ass effort and you should pass the class. Oh and she loves it when you share personal things in your journals she will give you extra points.

Class is pretty basic. A lot of information is covered. With Slems website, you do NOT need to buy the book at all. Use the website reviews and tests, and you will do fine.

Very Interesting and Nice Lady. She really knows her stuff and is more then willing to help her students out with any questions about class or life. I highly recommend her.

Belinda is a crazy woman. She's a little off the edge, but very enthusiastic and ultimately your best bet for a recitation instructor. she's amazingly kind and will give you excellent preparation for the exams. She'll help you get the little things that are skipped in the lectures and barely mentioned in the book. She'll get assignments back quickly, give you numerous opporunities for extra points (which are a huge help) and smooth over the material efficiently so you understand it better. overall a great instructor and most definately worth taking.

I loved Morrill. She tells you what is important that you need to study for on the test, and I did exactly that and pulled A's on all three midterms, and I am a horrible MC test taker. She gives 6 homework assignments that count for 15% of the grade, and makes the paper worh 10% Each midterm is worth 25%. Oh by the way, she gave out so much extra credit I didn't know what to do with it all. It was insane. You will dominate this class if you take Morrill.

Tons of extra credit! There are no tests, and six or so (very short) homework assignments. The assignments are easy enough to get small amounts of extra credit on, too, and that all adds up.

She was a great person to have for recitation. She gave out enough extra credit to raise my probably solid C to a B+. It's embarassing to not get an A in this class, but considering I stopped going to the lectures and read sketchy outlines of the book right before the midterm, I'm not upset. I got a C+ or B- on each midterm and did the homeworks, but that extra credit was great! Take her, she's nice and interesting too.

I had Morrill for PSY202 recitation, and she was awesome! She has a nice personality and seems to really enjoy what she does. The assignments she gives are very easy and do not take over 30 minutes to do. She offers extra credit for tutoring, which I recommend taking advantage of...it would have given me an even A instead of the A-. Highly recommended.

what the hell was she doing the day she lectured for 202!

She's a pretty loud lady, but I think she got the information across. Obviously she's not for everyone, but if you get her just know that what she says is what she wants out of the class. Attend her recitations even though she doesn't take role, because she'll review key points in the chapters. Also, DO HER RECITATION ASSIGNMENTS. They brought me up from a low C to a low B.

I would highly recommend Psy 202 to anyone who needs a general ed or elective course. The concepts are not difficult, and the auditorium-style lecture seems to inspire the many different lecturers to be a little more entertaining in their presentation of information. The discussion section is easy, and it is helpful because your discussion leader (Dr Morrill was great) will give you hints about the test. There are 3 midterms and the questions are all directly out of the lectures (40%) and learning objectives from the syllabus (60%). If you show up to the lectures and make sure you know the learning objectives, you will ace all 3 midterms without a problem. You have to write a short paper and maybe do a few assignments for your discussion section and that is it.

I had her for my psych 202 recitation. She was a bit absent minded but she told you exactly what to study for the midterms. It was kind of a quick in quick out overview of what you were lectured on in 202 but it was really beneficial. I suggest getting her for recitation if you can!

just do the online study guides and flash cards and you should be fine on the midterms. journals are fairly easy, do the extra credit, although i think she swindled me on the EC cause i had way more than i think she gave me, but what can you do. shes a good prof, class is alright for the subject. just know key terms

Psych 202 was a joke, although I never managed to get A's on the midterms. Some of the professors would read straight off the outlines (which were not detailed). Because of that, I stopped going to lecture, even though they were sometimes interesting. I got B's by going through all the course objectives online for a couples hours before the test. My grades seemed consistent regardless of my attendance. I did go to Morril's class section on friday, and she is an interesting person to say the least. She's nice and the class is really easy, but I swear I felt like she was talking to 5th graders sometimes. Her eye kind of freaks me out and she is very opinionated. The only thing that actually bothered me about her was on the first in class assignment. I had to stay a couple minutes late to finish it and she said "oh don't worry about it I just want to see that you did most of it". When I got the paper back though, I saw that she had graded it meticulously. Point being, she seems really relaxed about everything, but you have to complete everything, and it has to be right if you want full credit. (seems obvious but you'll see what I mean when you take her).

She's a good prof. Organized, passionate about her subject, and cares about students. But she takes her teaching seriously and she won't tolerate people who screw around in her class, so if you like to be late to class or work on other stuff in the class, take somebody else.

The good: Quirky, intelligent, passionate psychology professor who loves learning and teaching. She really made sure you understood the content because general psychology can be quite overwhelming at times. Minimal homework which if you did it, you'd be prepared for her rare quizzes. She also gives extra credit which can be applied to your midterm grade as an extra 5 points!<br><br> The Bad: She grades homework very meticulously so be sure to do a thorough job on the minimal amount of homework she gives.<br><br> Overall: One of my favorite professors at Cal Poly. I highly recommend taking Psychology 202 recitation with her!

Dr. Morrill is a really chill person. Her discussions were all aimed at prepping us for our exams. Her quizzes are easy enough. The lectures she gave for the lecture part of the class were hilarious. She dressed up and everything. And due to some special circumstances I had to miss the final and she was really cool about it and helped me out with scheduling it the next quarter. I doubt many professors would have been so nice about it.

Dr. Morrill is a fabulous professor for PSY 202 discussion. The topics she covers are appropriate to the course material. Highly suggested.

Loved Belinda! She was very enthusiastic during discussion of the Psychology Class, started by asking if we had any questions from the huge lecture class that she could answer, and then goes over extra materials that are in the book. Was very helpful overall to the Psychology class. There are three "midterms" for the class, which aren't too difficult but they aren't easy. Just make sure to read the book, and study a lot before the each midterm. (The midterms aren't accumulative, which was nice.)

I scored with having Morrill as my discussion section teacher. She provided extre credit study guides before each exam and we only had 3 small homework assignments! Go to class because she give you good advice about what might be on the tests. Take her if you can!

Great discussion leader, take her discussion section if you can. Just not the Friday discussion for two reasons, one, it is in the middle of the day on Friday, and two, it is in the middle of the day on Friday. But seriously, she is a great discussion leader.

The Psych class as a whole isn't the easiest, but it is very interesting and can be super entertaining if Dr Rujin is lecturing. On the other hand, Morril was a good discussion leader, she just didn't teach important stuff for tests or well related to the subject at hand. She kind of talks in a condescending tone and goes all over the place expecting you to follow. Not very supportive at all for the lecture class and tests, but she does help your first midterm grade out if you improve on the other two, and she is an easy A to get participation points from.

I loved Dr. Morrill, she is really entertaining and she really knows what she is talking about. This is a good class to take, and Dr. Morrill is the best discussion section teacher to get.

I had her for my psych discussion section and really liked her. She's super easy to talk to and explains everything really well, plus she's kind of quirky which made it a little more interesting despite there being an awkward silence every once in a while after a bad joke. You're graded on showing up to class and that's it but they're only 50 minutes so it's not bad. She's also really understanding so if you need extra help/miss a class she'll be there. Total sweetheart, definitely take her.

Professor Morrill is such an enthusiastic and energetic woman. She is relaxed and makes jokes to help the students feel more comfortable. She was an excellent discussion section leader, and ensured that we were presented with the information she knew would be on the exams (though she did not write the exams). In every class period, she asked if we had any questions and answered them very well - occasionally too well if she got onto tangents. We were only graded on coming to the class, which was once per week. Professor Morrill is well versed in her field and brings a lot of knowledge and experience to Cal Poly.

I was in Dr. Morrill's discussion section and definitely enjoyed it. Dr. Morrill is very enthusiastic about the material and also gives plenty of extra credit opportunities. She is a great professor and always has the student's best interest at heart. The only downside is that she tends to treat you like a little kid at times. But otherwise, I would definitely recommend taking Dr. Morrill!

Fine teacher, but a little dry in the presentation. I wouldnt suggest having her at 8:00 in the morning, might be difficult staying awake.

I love Dr. Morrill! She\'s eccentric and neurotic and it makes class interesting! You can tell she loves what she does and being in her class is so much fun. I had her for developmental psychology, you honestly don\'t even need to read the book, just show up and pay attention in lecture and do well on the journal assignments. Great professor!

Morrill is amazing! I took her, and this was the only class all Spring that I actually looked forward going to. Basically we had 3 tests, all non-cumulative and was able to use an 8&1/2\" X 11\" cheat sheet for tests. Also, we had 2 journals due throughout the quarter which basically came out to 20% for each journal/test. She presents basically what will be on the test through lecture and the book is mainly for reinforcement. If you\'re familiar with development then you can easily get away with reading summaries. But if you have trouble making it to class don\'t take her. She doesn\'t use blackboard and having someone take notes for you definitely doesn\'t have the same effect as actually being there in the case of this class.

Dr. Morrill was incredible. I just took Personality from her and was so impressed with her enthusiasm and desire to teach. She made Personality the most interesting class I have ever taken...I never missed a class. She related a great deal of the information to her own life and experiences, which by the way was fascinating, she is an amazing woman. The material covered in the class covered all the different perspectives of Personality, and Belinda taught each of the perspectives in a very intersting light and related them to our lives right now. Her tests are not hard AT ALL, but only because she gives the best study guides in the world. If you go to class and follow the study guide there is no reason why you shouldn't get an A in the class. She doesn't try to trick you or throw questions on the tests that weren't specifically stated on the study guide. The only other assignments for the class were a Journal that she had us use to record our own personal feelings on some of the issues presented and there was no right or wrong answer, just easy points. There was one paper to write for the class, but it was pretty much an extended journal entry, just writting about ourselves and analyzing our own personality, again, easy points. Dr. Morrill is one of my all time favorite teachers. She is fun, sincere, and incredibly intelligent. She does everything to make sure that all of her students succeed. If you take this class with her, you will be in for a treat!!

Dr. Morrill was a very nice teacher who really cared about her students. I found the lectures hard to stay awake for at times, but the class was at 8:00 am. For this class you take three tests, do an easy journal, and write a big paper on your personality that is pretty easy to do as well. The most interesting part was taking all these personality inventories and learning about yourself. I would definitely recommend Dr. Morrill, she is very nice and does her best to make it interesting.

Awesome Professor!!! The only reason this class was fun was because she made it fun. Take Dr. Morrill if you can.

Dr. Morrill is just a sweet, eccentric lady. Her class is interesting and she presents the material well. Her tests can be challenging...I highly recommend going over the study guide before each test and make sure you know what's on it...if you do, you'll be just fine. She really cares about her students, she extended one of my midterms by a week because I was sick. I totally recommend her.

Talk about a woman with a lot of personality teaching personality! I have heard from other psy. majors that this class can be boring if taken with the wrong prof. This was not the case with Dr. Morrill. She is lively and entertaining. She was always amiable in her office hours and even helped me with psy. stuff that wasn't related to her class. Her tests can be hard, so make sure to study. She shows some interesting videos and attempts to relate her own life to many of the theories in personality. Watch out for the final paper though, I thought she would grade easy and so I didn't do my best and ended up getting a C on that paper. Make sure you are clear on its directions and that you do it well. I still got an A in the class so obviously it didn't hurt me too much. I definatly recommend her.

This in general I found to be a great class! She's very enthusiastic about the material and definitely sparks interest in the material. She works off overheads and lets you copy them down while she talks. The problem with that is her overheads are more of personal notes for herself than they are proper notes for a student to take. Hopefully she'll mend them in the future. Also, when she starts talking about statistics... if you've taken statistics in the past, then would be a good time to stop listening. She attaches strange qualitative terms onto various positions on a normal distribution, and if you understand the numbers themselves rather than declare nice whole numbers as breakoff points between normal and low or high then you'll be much better off. She's not the best at answering questions and definitely has an agenda to teach you certain things. The class was supposed to be taught by Ryujin but she showed up instead! I've heard nothing but good things about him, and sort of wish I would have gotten what power told me I'd get! After saying all I've said, if you do have a chance to take Morrill, I would definitely recommend taking her. 3 midterms - the final is the last midterm (it took me 25 min to finish!) - read the chapters and DEFINITELY do the online quizzes for the book (you'll find questions almost directly off there) - 1 big paper at the end about your personality.... It's supposed to be 8-10 pages but mine was 12 and I could've written a lot more so don't let the length scare you. Enjoy the class! The material is really valuable and directly applicable to your own lives. I'm a better person for taking the class I'm sure.

Morrill is well informed about the subject, good at making the curriculum relevant, and a generally good person. I enjoyed her enthusiasm, and there was never a dull moment, but there were some things that I found particularly annoying about her teaching style. I'll try as hard as I can to not be biased because of conflicts between her personality and my own, but she did several things that I would imagine all students in the class found irritating. She treats the students in the class as though they were kindergartners. When the class is being a little noisy, she will incessantly flip the lights on and off, kind of like we were treated in 4th grade. No one is allowed to speak without raising their hand under ANY circumstance. Need a pencil? Don't ask your neighbor unless you'd like to be exiled to another corner of the room for being "chatty." In addition, she has a tendency to address the class in a somewhat patronizing and childish tone. That being said, however, I found that she was very helpful in a one-on-one situation, and I would have no hesitations taking her for another course.

Very straightforward class... 2 midterms and a final, all multiple choice! 1 huge 8-10 page paper at the end but its really not that hard to write... you just describe your personality. The journal entries throughout the quarter are kind of annoying but she doesn't seem to grade them too hard. Overall, take her! You wont regret it... she makes all the lectures fun!

Dr. Morrill is a great teacher. She likes to use overheads, so make sure your eyes are capable of seeing the screen. She also uses a variety of other teaching methods. There are lots of notes. It is easy to talk to her and she is welcoming to office hours. I enjoyed the class, it wasn't the easiest, but wasn't too hard either.

Dr. Morrill was an excellent teacher. She many different teaching styles that kept us awake even if it was 7am in the morning. I always looked forward to this psych of aging class. Her tests are pretty straight forward just look over the bold face words in the text and memorize your notes and you will do fine. In addition you get a 3 by 5 card to write anything down you want to use for the test which is pretty cool. There is one big paper for this class that isn't too bad and a journal due at each test. The journals are not hard and she talks about it in class. You can do up to 10 points extra credit including being a tutor and I would recommend doing that. Anyways a great teacher and I would definetly take her again for another psych class!!!

The lecture material was kinda boring but she did a good job at presenting it well. Shes funny. No homework. 10 page paper at the end of the quarter interviewing 3 old people and relating it to psych. 3 midterms (3rd is a final)

Morrill is an awesome person and professor. Her class is always entertaining, and she is very fair in her exams and grading. There is a fair amount of work for the class, but I have taken her for Psy 201 as well and I never felt overwhelmed or stressed from the class exectations. It's not hard to get an A in the class. She always seems to give more opportunities to boost your grade as well. Morrill has been one of my favorite teachers, and I would recommend her to anyone!

This class is phenominal. Totally painless, and so exciting to go to. Took it during the Summer (5 week course) and I actually never minded going......in fact I was excited to go from 8am-12pm. Time FLEW. Very informative and interesting. Morrill is SUPER fair and loves what she teaches. I've told everyone I know to take this class...hands down. You won't regret it.

I loved this class! I took it as one of my psych minor electives and I loved it! I was worried at first because it is a class about aging and the topic of aging can be very depressing, but Professor Morrill did an amazing job at making every class light and cheery, even when we were discussing depressing topics. There were three non-cummulative midterms, 50 questions each. You are allowed to have a notecard with notes during the midterms. The midterms covered the lectures, reading in the textbook, and the videos from class. We watched a lot of videos, but each of them had a purpose and really added to the class. There are also two journals due. Prof. Morrill will give a topic weekly that you write a page and half to two pages on and then turn in halfway through the quarter and at the end of the quarter. She loves embellishments and will give extra credit for it. For a class that was at 8AM and was on a relatively depressing subject, I would say Prof. Morrill did an awesome job at making the class fun and informative at the same time. She is extremely sweet and funny and is easily one of the best psych professors I've had so far. She used to work as a gerontologist so she has a lot of stories. Take this class if you can!!

Good class to satisfy your D5. I took it CR/NCR so i missed a few classes, bombed a midterm, and still received CR. Would take for a D5.

PSY of Aging is a surprisingly interesting class. The professor is very passionate about the material and it clearly shows. She brings lots of different material into the discussion - like TED talks and current articles that are lots more interesting that the textbook. It made me care about aging --- my own, my parents, and even global aging. Take this for your D5 - you won't regret it!

This professor is extremely intelligent, friendly, and knows how to break the material down at the student's level. She is really easy going, and her goal is to teach, not to make it hard to do well in the class. If you want to learn and get a good grade, take Dr. Morrill. She really is brilliant, but so humble about it. Very sincere, awesome professor.

If you are confused about the subject her teaching style will definately help you, but she talks to the class like she talks to children. She seems overly eccentric and nice at first but it gets old fast. For me her tone is disrespectful towards another adult, especially one that is paying for the class. If you taken stats before prepare to have your hand held and given bonus points for writing stuff on the board like its 5th grade.

If you are uptight or full of yourself, as the last writer seemed to be, you might have a hard time in Dr. Morrill\'s class. She\'s fun and likes to take the stress off, realizing that the ten week term can be a pressure cooker for most of us. Dr. Morrill uses a lot of different teaching tools to help students do their best ... like concept checks, in class exercises, a single note page for exams. The lectures, labs, exams, and homework are reasonable and definitely doable.

If you are afraid of math take this professor for Quantitative Research Methods! There are also of tests and some homework that aren\'t each worth a ton of your grade. If you mess up on one you\'ll be fine. Also, she lets you use notes on the tests! It\'s a lot of (easy) work because of the number of tests!

Yes, the class is easy. Yes you get to use notes on every test, yes she is weird. She is stuck in the stone age. There is not need to lecture us on how to turn on a computer and open a file. We can do that on our phones. Also, if you expect a teacher to understand there may be extraneous circumstances at times, and be aware that most competent professors use the internet, don\'t take her. She won\'t post your grades, she wont except anything over email, and she is unnecessarily loud. I taught myself more about SPSS on my own that she did in class. A manual could teach you more, and would probably be more in touch with reality.

I think this professor is pretty good at conveying the information. It\'s basic stats, so there\'s not much you can do to dress it up. She tries to make it fun and not too dry. She presents the basic lecture, then follows it up with hands-on lab work. Definitely doable. If you do what she asks, you\'ll get a pretty good grade and understand the material pretty well.

I will never take a class that she teaches EVER again.

It\'s a straight forward class and necessary for graduate school. Dr. Morrill is fun, interesting, and helpful. She really tries to make the work manageable. I learned a lot, especially with the hands on stuff in the lab. When I asked for it, she gave me helpful feedback on my final paper.

I've had Morrill twice; for developmental and quantitative research. Developmental psych was an easy class; almost a joke of a class that felt like a waste of my time. The work was brainless and the material lacked any sort of challenge. But it was an enjoyable class environment because of the discussions and videos presented. But Quantitative was horrible. The content wasn't that bad, but Morrill was absolutely awful. She taught to the class as if we we're ten year olds who had never heard of a mean or average. The class consisted of her attempting to explain the software in the lab and applying stat questions to real life scenarios. The actual content of the course was barely addressed until she gave us exams. The tests were very hard and did not reflect the content she taught in class. As a person, she came off as very rude, close-minded, and assuming. She made me reconsider my major and I will never take a class with her again.

Don't know what the person below was talking about ... they are either on drugs or just never came to class. Dr. Morrill gave well organized lectures and had very clear expectations. There was nothing on the tests that was not covered during lecture or lab. In fact, she always had review sessions before the tests that let us know exactly what would be on the test and she let us use the notes from the review session on the test. Quantitative methods is not the most fun class to take, but I think that Dr. Morrill made the class as interesting as it can be.

She seems nice enough at first but the class gets worse. Very unclear about expectations and grades VERY subjectively. She asks redundant questions all the time, and says she'll let you out early but never does. The required book is 900 pages of jargon which is no help. I'm good at stats and still had trouble with this teacher. Nice lady, kinda annoying and can't teach this class very well

If you can avoid her class, do so.

If you are a Psychology Major, this cannot be avoided. It can be a hard class, or it can be easy - depends on your preparation. With that said, if you do the work (which is not hard, but requires you to stay on top of things throughout the term), there is no reason to not get an A on the exams and in the class. Just do your work and you will fine.

This was one of the most helpful classes I had in the major. Although it was not the most fun or the most interesting, it was the one that has helped me the most in grad school. I got a much better understanding of basic quantitative methods that many of my classmates in grad school did. I am doing very well with methods in all of my classes, because I understand the stats in the articles. I remember that it is quite a bit of work ... but it is worth it!

All I can say is I am so happy never to have to sit through another confusing and loud lecture with this professor. Dr. Morrill is a nice lady. She tries her best to be funny, friendly, and helpful- but I can tell she is very insecure about her power with students (some lectures ended in stupid power stand-offs with students- not a great thing to happen regularly) and often frazzled. The textbook for this class is entirely worthless. It is only used for weekly concept checks. I suppose those add up to about 10% of your grade at the end, but if it is at all possible I would advise borrowing it from the library or someone else's to do the reading. You do need SPSS, though. Honestly, everything we are responsible for knowing comes from the lecture and her slides. However, these are extremely disorganized and unclear. She will mention one piece of valuable information per lecture, and it's up to you to figure out what that is. Take as many notes as possible, and try to see her in office hours. I'm not saying this is a hard class, but it's frustrating. Alongside the fact that she is very unclear and disorganized with her presentation of important material, she very vindictive about "cheating". She became paranoid that everyone was working together on labs, and marked down our grades and reported people. I don't think she realized that just because we come up with similar wording and findings (that we follow from HER) doesn't mean that we are "Cheating". Also, we spent the entire first half the quarter on descriptive statistics. In other words, the easy mean, medium, and mode stuff. Stupid stuff. And the last half of the quarter was spent on inferential statistics, which is a heck of a lot of information at once! We took our last lab assessment on the last day of instruction for the quarter- and that was a real pain. Would it have been so hard to simply skip a week of descriptive statistics so we wouldn't have our final lab assessment right before the due date of our final paper? Yeah, the paper. You're basically on your own on that. Not only is it 20% of your grade, but she only mentions it once in class. The power point she posts for it is very vague, and you basically have to go to her to ask explicitly what you are supposed to do for it. Don't understand why that one was so hard to make clear either. In short, I wouldn't recommend taking this class with this professor. It's not particularly hard, but it's a lot of extra frustration and confusion that isn't necessary for relatively simple material.

I thought Dr. Morrill was an excellent professor. She's really interested in the subject and presents the material really well. She tells you everything that you need to know for the tests and lets you bring a little cheat sheet thing. Even though she simplifies the book, the reading really helps with the tests and clarifying some of the material. I really liked her and I'm really glad that I took this course.

Funky-Phenomenal woman and instructor. One class you will remember forever.

Loved the class! Put families into a whole new perspective. If you are at all interested in going on to graduate school in counseling or family therapy, this is a great class to take. Good overview of family therapy theories and techniques.