Maxine Wintre - York University - Keele Campus

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Maxine Wintre - York University - Keele Campus

Professor: Maxine Wintre

Department: Psychology

College: York University - Keele Campus

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wintre is a very tough prof to have. She is knowledgeable but her lectures are so content heavy that it feels like she's projectile vomiting information at your face. If you zone out for 3 seconds you may as well just pack it in because there's no catching up again to what she was saying. Read every word of the textbook because her tests are BRUTAL

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PSYCH2110
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Be ready to take notes down. She reads directly from a paper word for word. Does not have powerpoints but does post a general outline of her lecture notes through a photocopied paper. Dont skip class, divide readings between you and a friend because theres a A LOT to read from the textbook. Wish she was more enough gaging, a bit boring.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: 2110DEVELOPMT
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She doesn't post any Powerpoint slides so you have to attend every lecture and even in the lecture, she will just show a handout of bullet points on the projector and you have to take down everything she says. Read the textbook as well because the textbook is also tested on the tests. She's okay though, her teaching style just needs an update.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: 2110DEVELOPMT
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:

its okay

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
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:

She seems like a nice lady but her style of teaching went out of style a long time ago, and because of that its no longer effective for this generation of students. She can fight that all she wants but in the end her class average speaks for itself. if the majority of your students aren't understanding the material, whose the common denominator?

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: 2110DEVELOPMT
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is nice, funny and interactive with the class but she can improve. She does not use PowerPoint at all so you have to attend class an write everything down in order to study for the exams as she will base her short answer questions from the lectures. Just a side note, she shows films that are not on the tests. The tests are all testbank.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's an older woman who has very long lectures, the second half of lecture is almost always an outdated movie. She's not easy, but if you respect her authority, she's pretty nice. The course focused A LOT on the biological aspects of development, but the last section is what you'd expect. Only 3 tests. READ THE TEXTBOOK.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: 2110DEVELOPMT
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She teaches out of the DSM 4 (which I dislike), there are no lectures or notes online, although the textbook is useful. The second half of every lecture is always an *archaic* movie about the topics we are discussing. Her tests are rather difficult and her lectures are difficult to follow; prepare to take dictation if you go to her class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really interesting course. Be ready to read and study- if you study hard you will do well. This is not a course where you can do the minimum amount of work and still get a decent grade. Lots of people in the class failed 2 out of the 3 tests. No lecture notes are posted online so take detailed notes in class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PSYCH2110
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her tests are very difficult,asks for so much detail. Class averages were always low 60's. We had a strike and even then she said the final exam is going to be CUMULATIVE last minute and included all ALL lecture notes, while she went on vacation. I am regularly an A student , I almost got a C+ in this class. DOESNT CARE ABOUT STUDENTS !

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AVOID HER IF YOU CAN! The actual course itself was interesting, but take it with a different proff! She talks really fast and for the whole 3 hours, so get ready to write at the speed of light! The MC part of her exams were all specific details from the textbook and her SA was from lectures.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took Wintre's class in 2014. Overall she is an older Prof and has had a difficult time adjusting to the liberal, interdependent atmosphere that York is so well known for. She refuses to post any notes online and hardly uses notes in class. This makes it quite difficult to follow the lectures because the exams are partially based on lectures.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

ton of reading to do but interesting course

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: 2020
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I came into the class with a B+ In psych 1010. I left just scrapping the surface with a C. The amount of reading is lengthy at best and the amount you need to have memorized is intense. She isn't looking to see if you understood the concept. But if you knew what socks the researcher wore that day. KNOW EVERY LITTLE DETAIL.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PSYCH2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WAY too much reading for 12 yr course. Get ready to memorize the entire textbook in a few months. Lectures aren't structured to help you learn the material, covers random bits and pieces. Class avg super low but she insists its our fault,I've gotten A's on every test by EXCRUCIATINGLY memorizing the textbook. Tests cover SOO many chapters!

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had her for Developmental Psychology and she was great!! Really enjoyed her lectures, she mixes it up with all sorts of examples, videos, recorded experiments. And she is kind of quirkyfunny which is entertaining :p.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: 2110
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Terrible prof. Does not answer questions, and does not cover any new material. In a field like clinical developmental I would expect the prof to be a bit more up to date. Also, the ancient videos she shows are irrelevant, outdated and at times offensive. AVOID. I got an A with no thanks to her, just by memorizing the textbook.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Literally the WORST professor I have ever encountered. Shes rude, unhelpful, uncaring, sloppy, unorganized and confused. She leaves class an hour early but puts on mandatory lame 60's videos for the rest of the class to watch while she goes home. The test questions are poorly written and make no sense. !AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Loved the class and the prof was great.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PSYC2110
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

All I can say is WOW!!! (Not the good wow). We had our 1st exam today, and we started 1/2 hour late because she forgot to make enough copies, also when we began she realised some pages were mixed up. Also insisted we were asking too many questions...isn't the point of asking questions part of being able to succeed? Apparently not to her!!

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