Professor Robles is an amazing lecturer but sometimes can seem very monotone. He is very informative and clear on what he expects of his students, and as long as you follow his standards you will do just fine. People would complain about the exams being tough, but they also did not study enough for them. Would recommend taking the class with him!

This class was intimidating at first because there were three midterms AND a final, but honestly so doable and as long as you just attend class and fill out his notes/handouts you will get an A. He literally tells you exactly what you need to know for each midterm and final, all you have to do is memorize the information and know how to apply it. Most of it is common sense, and he offers extra credit opportunities.

I really liked the style of this class! Your grade is mostly based upon papers that evaluate your writing skills and application of concepts learned in class.

Tips:
* Don't slack off on writing the papers!! There is one almost every week so be on top of it
* Go to office hours: You can walk through your ideas with the TA or the professor and the advice is super helpful.

Professor Robles is a really nice guy who is passionate about helping his students. That said, the online version of this class during COVID was a disaster. The grading system and syllabus were incredibly complicated because he moved from exams to essays. The essay grades were all stacked until the last few weeks of the quarter, so it was week 9 and we only had gotten 2/5 grades on the essays back. I ended up changing to P/NP when I found out more than half of the class failed the second essay. His asynchronous lessons were good and he is a decent lecturer. Before you take his class, make sure he reverts back to exams or you will definitely regret enrolling.

I feel like Professor Robles is a great professor who really cares about his students. I loved taking his class because he's very organized and clear on what he expects. Although the grading system might take a little bit of getting used to, it technically is in your favor and really makes it easier to get an A (for instance, one of the requirements to get an A is to get above a 75 percent on three out of four exams). Plus, if you score above a 90 percent on his exams (which are open-note and pretty straightforward), you can test out of writing the two reflection papers he requires. But this is just my opinion. I have heard from several others that they dislike this method of grading, even though in my opinion it makes it much easier to pass/get an A.

In general, I feel like this class is very informative and straightforward. His exams are not hard at all and it's relatively easy to get an A in his class if you just complete his asynchronous modules (which are very short to begin with) and show up to lecture.

Professor Robles is an incredibly intelligent individual who has a real passion for all things within the realm of health psychology, and I loved taking class with him. There were four exams, however, the lowest one gets dropped. There are five papers, but you can test out of 2 of them if you score high enough on 2 of the exams. Modules get posted every week, and you have the option of completing each week's module videos/questions or completing the in-class Tophat questions. The modules are also almost identical to what he covers in class, and although you do have to go to class as well (can't rely solely on the modules), the modules helped me understand the material covered in class.

Professor Robles provides a grading flowchart (which is initially very confusing), but it's structured in favor of the student. For example, you can get an A in the class if you score =/>75% on 3/4 of the exams, pass or test out of the 2 reflection papers, and get 1/1 on the three part biopsychosocial paper.
Lectures are very fun and engaging, and although the exams were very difficult, you could still get an A by scoring 75% (which is more than doable).
Overall, psych 150 is a challenging but very rewarding class. I took it as a soc major with no previous background knowledge on health psychology, paid attention, took good notes, and got an A+. If I can do it, you can too.

Easy A! For a core class this is seriously the easiest A for a psych major. He's super nice too! He might lecture a little fast but its podcasted anyways! you wont regret it, i promise :)

If I could go back, I would not take this class.
Overall, Professor Robles is a good lecturer, and his exams are straightforward as long as you study and pay attention during lecture. Having said that, he has an overly-complicated grading system that is frankly overwhelming to comprehend. He does not use a traditional points-based/ percentage-based grading system. I genuinely do not even know how explain in this review how his grading worked because it was so complex for no good reason.
As mentioned in reviews of other students from previous quarters, one of the biggest flaws of this class are the Disparities/Biopsychosocial papers, which are divided into three parts and due at different points in the quarter. The first mistake with these assignments is that the first of three parts is due too late into the quarter. By the time the third part is due, there is no time left in the term. This is important to note, as you have the option to do re-writes in the event that you do not pass a part/parts of the paper. Since the last part was due so late, you had to complete your re-write AFTER the quarter had ended. Normally, I would be very grateful for the opportunity to fix an assignment that was not passing, but you have to understand how hard it is to pass these papers- A notable percentage of the class did not pass them.
You can only get an A-range grade if you pass all three parts of these papers. Keep in mind that they are optional, and trying your best to complete them does not guarantee that you will pass each part.
If you fail to pass just one criterion of one of the papers, you are no longer eligible for an A-,A, or A+.
Basically, you can work very hard and successfully pass MOST of the parts, and still end up with the same grade as someone who chose not to attempt them at all.
I understand that a student's grade should be impacted if they do not pass an assignment. With that said, it is not fair that a student's correct work is not at least partially factored into their final grade. Instead, in this situation, the work is essentially done for nothing, and the hours spent on these research papers could have been better used on other courses. This is why points-based systems make sense, as they reflect your scores on any assignments, rather than penalizing you for trying to get a good grade.
It does not make sense that you can be eligible to get an A-rage grade as long as you get C's on exams, but when you don't pass even a single piece of rubric, you are no longer able to earn such a grade. In a way, this is incentivizing students to not study hard for exams, while simultaneously setting the bar way too high to get a good grade.
Essentially, the course is set up so that it nearly impossible not to pass, but it is rather difficult to achieve an A-, A, or A+.
Professor Robles is genuinely a good teacher, and cares about his students. In the end, my only complaint is that the way he sets up his grading system does not reward students effectively.

Quarter Class Taken: Spring 2011
Teacher Evaluation: Among my friends, I have mixed reactions on whether Professor Robles is a good professor or not. Personally, I enjoyed him as a professor. I thought his lectures were engaging and informational. He is very approachable and punctual in his e-mails.
TA Evaluation: Patricia Voege had greater review sessions for the exams that basically prepared you for them. Do not miss the opportunity.
Homework Evaluation: There is a paper due in the class which is graded very strictly to the criteria given in a paper handout. Follow them, and spend extra time proofreading your paper and making sure it is coherent and clear. There is homework in the class, do not skip any. 1 Point could matter greatly in this class.
Test Evaluation: Tests were easy and straight off lecture, but study hard for them. Emphasize recall rather than long-term understanding.
Grading Evaluation: The curve is set difficult, so that only those who do very well in the class will do well. I guess that is fair, you get what you put in.