Pauline Pearson - University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB

Professor: Pauline Pearson

Department: Psychology

College: University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2101
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Reads straight from a powerpoint slide too fast and doesn't realize some students can't learn that way. phrased questions on the exam completely different from how she phrases them on the review (which she doesn't post answers too). Dropped psych as my major because of this class. Don't take it with her. I've never failed a class before this one.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSY2610
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class is HARD. Some of the material is interesting, but there are a lot of terms and a lot of details. This class requires a lot of effort to get a decent grade. The prof. knows her stuff, but class can be boring due to the material. There is tons of reading, but if you read the textbook thoroughly, you should be okay for tests&study iclickerq

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

she goes over the lecture way too fast and both in material and the way she speaks which leads to her mumbling a lot. You can go into a test feeling prepared but completely bomb. I found her questions hard to decipher which is going to screw you over considering its all multiple choice. Overall did not enjoy.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSY2610
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is one of those profs that knows the material -too well-. She'll use terms in the lecture that we haven't discussed in class. The lectures and the textbook are both dry.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSY2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Somehow would leave lecture knowing less than when I walked in. Super monotone and mumbles a lot, using words that haven't been mentioned in lecture before and won't define them. Gives opportunity for more marks with iclicker and online quizzes but exams are long and you need to know a lot. Extremely biology/physics based- very tough class

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She posts review questions in self assessments that are identical to the test but she doesn't tell us that so beware that average is low. Also she makes the exam harder than it should be with no curve so 70 MCQ in 1 hour (hard). She likes to post experiments of people and the principles so good luck. Perception is the hardest class ever.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Her class has been one of my least favourites I have taken thus far. Her lectures are incredibly dry and intense. You are graded on very few things, which makes it hard to get a decent grade given that her tests pretty much require you to memorize the text book. Nice lady, but the amount she expects you to know is unreasonable

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You can tell she really knows what she's talking about-she does kind of fly through her lectures. I didn't find her to be overly helpful when I had questions & I rarely got replies to my e-mails. Quite a few weekly assignments online and in the lab, non-cumulative final but there is way more information on the final than the final than the midterm.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PERC001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

recently switched degree from four years of the core sciences to psychology and yet I still have an incredibly difficult time with this course, even though its heavily related to physics and biology. deceptive course description. she comes off sort of snobby and talks a million miles a minute. nearly impossible to get any info down

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSY2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Perception 1 was waay more biology/physics based than I expected. If you're cool with that, this class is great otherwise. Online experiments graded on participation only gives you some freebie marks. Notes are posted online, good at communicating about tests, etc. Final grade based on three tests and the online experiments. Overall good prof.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610001
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She was really helpful when I had questions and had a lot of insight into what she was teaching. She's also super approachable and I respect her a lot for what she does.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PERCEPTION
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

this is a class you need to attend if you wanna do well. the material is super confusing, i had no idea this class was going to be so biology based when i signed up. shes definitely a knowledgable Dr and very ready to help, tried to make the material as interesting as possible. but it's damn difficult and be ready for her exams cause they're HARD

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's an awesome prof. Loved her class, very biology based. The text is a must. Weekly quizzes are great, makes you keep up with the reading. She's always willing to help or go into further detail. Tests are tough.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 2610
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

went to class half of the time because its basically all in the text!! shes awesome, helpful, weekly quizzes that are kinda difficult but are 5 questions and u get 2 hrs so very fair for extra marks. she knows her stuff and is kinda funny, she comes with a great attitude and like all psych profs they understand how tough school is. tests are decent

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: STATS
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Math is definitely not my strong subject, but I found that pearson was clear about how to do things. She talks fast which is kinda annoying. Doing practice problems helps a lot! Pearson always said that you can go talk to her about marks or questions, but I found her to be quite unapproachable. She can come off grumpy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Her exams are a series of twisted multiple choice questions put together to screw you up. What she teaches and what is on her exams are 2 different things and she speak terribly fast. ( I understand she has taught this course multiple times but she needs to understand that these concepts are new to us so SLOW DOWN)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSYC2610
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Her teaching is good, but she does not make clear what the test will cover. The test is a lot of bizarrely worded questions, that are difficult to answer because you have to think exactly like the questions composer to answer them. She may as well devote 100 % of the class time to understanding the wording of her questions.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PYSC2920
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very reasonable and friendly. She responds to emails quickly and constantly reminds students of not only her own office hours and availability but also that of her colleagues and available tutors. If you're too nervous to ask a question during lecture she walks around the room towards the end of each class to help people one-on-one.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 2101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I found her to be very good at making sure you understood the material, especially because intro to Data Analysis is a required course that scares a lot of psych students. I found that if people were struggling, its more likely due to the fact that they weren't asking enough questions. She also makes herself very available to help students.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH2610
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Pearson definitely cares about her students and is willing to help you out! The course I took with her was a psych course, however the content of this course is far more biology based than the course description suggests. I would recommend this class if you are willing to work hard for your grade.