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Jacqueline Pickrell
Professor in the Psychology department
at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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45 Student Ratings
Rating Class Comment
01/04/2015
good
5 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
5 Easiness
209 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: Sorta interested Grade Received: N/A
"Get ready to read" "Clear grading criteria" "Participation matters"

Amazing professor. Genuinely nice and cares about students' grades. Ended up getting a 4.0 in the class because there are so many extra credit opportunities! Make sure to take advantage of those. Make sure you study for the exams because if you do bad on even just one exam it could impact your grade a lot. If you memorize the textbook you'll do ok

12/11/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
4 Easiness
PSYCH209 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: You need it sometimes Rater Interest: Sorta interested Grade Received: N/A
"Get ready to read" "Big time extra credit" "Clear grading criteria"

Give extra credits on tests, assignments and lecturn attendance. Easy to get a 3.5. But for some assignments, it's not easy to get a really high grade since there are plenty of details needed to take care of. Tests are straightforward. The course content is somehow boring, full of concepts, but some examples used for explanation are interesting.

12/10/2014
good
3 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
3 Easiness
PSYCH 209 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: It's a must have Rater Interest: It's my life Grade Received: A+
"Get ready to read" "Tough Grader" "Skip class? You won't pass."

Extremely organized lectures and class structure. Grading is tough and often subjective. Feels like she's reading from lecture notes, which means she is well prepared, but it doesn't sound like a conversation. Confident in her knowledge. Very friendly.

12/09/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
3 Easiness
Psych 209 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: It's my life Grade Received: Not sure yet
"Amazing lectures" "Respected by students" "Skip class? You won't pass."

Amazing professor. I personally enjoyed coming to her lectures. There were 2 midterms and 1 final. She also has this "action point" setup, which is basically like clicker questions that you turn in at the end of the class for participation points. She's generous with points because she knows that points mean a lot to us! Definitely recommend her!

12/05/2014
good
5 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
4 Easiness
Psych 100 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: You need it sometimes Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: Not sure yet
"There for you" "Amazing lectures" "Respected by students"

Even though the class was all lectures, the lectures were not boring at all , they were actually really interesting. She was one of the nicest teacher ever, you feel really comfortable. She really knows what she is talking about, she answers all the question students ask. She just might be the teacher that makes you go for a psychology major.

11/04/2014
good
5 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
5 Easiness
Psych 101 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: What textbook? Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: N/A

I didn't even have to buy the textbook for this class, and I still found the material very easy. Obviously because I didn't have the textbook, I had to go to class, but I actually enjoyed her lectures. The tests were really easy too.

09/23/2014
good
5 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
4 Easiness
psych 101 Taken for Credit: Yes Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: It's my life Grade Received: N/A
"Get ready to read" "Big time extra credit"

easy class. just read the chapters the night before the test.

08/27/2014
good
5 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
5 Easiness
Psych 101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: What textbook? Rater Interest: It's my life Grade Received: N/A

This class is awesome! I hardly touched the textbook and just studied her lecture notes/examples used in class. Do the extra credit and you will 4.0 it!

06/17/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
4 Easiness
PSYCH101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: You need it sometimes Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: A

Pretty interesting class and teacher! She records her lectures in case anyone has to skip, but I'd recommend going to all of them because she often leaves little tips about questions that are going to be on the exam. Also, do the extra credit! If you can earn up to .3 credits, why not do so?

06/17/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
4 Easiness
PSYCH 101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: Low Grade Received: N/A

The class was harder than expected. It is not an easy 4.0, but i managed to obtain a 3.5 with medium effort. It is A LOT of textbook reading, that is basically where you will find all the answers to the tests.

06/16/2014
good
5 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
4 Easiness
Psych 101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: You need it sometimes Rater Interest: It's my life Grade Received: N/A

She is so nice I recommend only taking psych 101 with her! She screen casted the lectures online which was SO helpful because her lectures are packed-full of info. The tests are a little tricky, all are multiple choice. Tons of extra credit and help provided. Loved this class and so interesting!

06/14/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
4 Easiness
PSYCH101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: B

Tests are harder than expected. She's a super nice person. What annoyed me the most was that even though she read off the slides she wouldn't provide them. So you went to class and copied down the slides instead of her providing them and then you could listen actively during class.

06/10/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
5 Easiness
PSYCH 101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: Barely cracked it open Rater Interest: Low Grade Received: N/A

Mad respect for her offering to personally help out individual study groups during finals week. Not a lot of profs, especially ones in charge of large lectures, offer their time like that. She's a good professor either way, really makes the concepts clear.

05/20/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
4 Easiness
PSYCH 101 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: N/A

She's awesome. Very interesting lectures, and she is just an interesting person in general!

04/23/2014
good
5 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
5 Easiness
PSYCH 209 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Mandatory Textbook Use: You need it sometimes Rater Interest: Meh Grade Received: B

Let me tell you about Professor Pickrell. She is one of the nicest and caring teachers I have ever met. If I ever needed help I was able to e-mail her directly. If you go to her office hours, you will be pleased with the in-depth knowledge she has as well as her ability to help you with the coursework and exam prep.

04/01/2014
good
4 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
5 Easiness
PSYCH 209 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: It's a must have Rater Interest: Sorta interested Grade Received: N/A

This course was so dry and so boring that I could barely get myself to study most of the time. But, Dr. Pickrell and the TAs always tried their best to make the homework useful, exams straightforward, and lectures engaging.

03/26/2014
good
3 Helpfulness
4 Clarity
4 Easiness
Psych 209 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: You need it sometimes Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: N/A

It's a pretty dry class, but wasn't too bad. Lectures were pretty boring though. I never read the book and managed a 3.7, but I feel like if I did I would've gotten a better grade. Working with stats in Excel was kinda cool. Overall not much work required but pretty dull.

03/20/2014
poor
2 Helpfulness
2 Clarity
1 Easiness
Psych209 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: Not Mandatory Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: Sorta interested Grade Received: B

Ok, lectures were pointless. All she does is read of the slides by rewording what's up there. She words her exams weird, and I just didn't like her teaching at all...very dry, and just useless. The book is really helpful though, my saving grace.

03/17/2014
average
3 Helpfulness
3 Clarity
3 Easiness
psych209 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: Essential to passing Rater Interest: Sorta interested Grade Received: N/A

Super boring class, but pretty easy. Make sure you read the textbook. If I had put in more effort, I would probably have gotten at least a 3.8, but the material was so uninteresting that I couldn't get the motivation to study more. Yet, still got a 3.3. Only took it for psych prereqs,

12/09/2013
good
5 Helpfulness
5 Clarity
5 Easiness
PSYCH 209 Taken for Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Use: It's a must have Rater Interest: Really into it Grade Received: N/A

Pretty straightforward class with fair assessments on homework and tests. Be careful of losing silly points on homework . Make sure to read the textbook and it is a good idea to attend class (because of occasional participation points) although lecture was screencast as well. Also, attending quiz section will help you out in the long run!

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