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Open Educational Resources in Psychology: A Starter Pack
Introduction to Psychology
• Cummings, J.A., & Sanders, L. (2019). Introduction to Psychology.
• Spielman, R.M., Jenkins, W.J., & Lovett, M.D. (2020). Psychology.
• Murray, S. (2019). Introduction to Psychology Study Guide.
• NOBA. Discover Psychology 2.0: A Brief Introductory Text.
• OpenStax. Psychology 2e.
Research Methods and Statistics
• Jhangiani, R.S., Chiang, I.C.A., Cuttler, C., & Leighton, D.C. (2019). Research Methods in
Psychology (4th edition).
• Crump, M.J.C., Navarro, D. J., & Suzuki, J. (2019). Answering Questions with Data: Introductory
Statistics for Psychology Students.
• Bikos, L.H. (2022). ReCentering Psych Stats: Psychometrics.
• Castro, L., & Mordkoff, J.T. (2023). Data Analysis in the Psychological Sciences: A Practical,
Applied, Multimedia Approach.
• Magnusson, K. (2023). Visualizations.
• Frank et al. (2023). Experimentology.
• Navarro, D. (2018). Learning Statistics with R.
• University of Glasgow. psyTeachR.
Social Psychology
• NOBA. Together: The Science of Social Psychology.
• Jhangiani, R., & Tarry, H. (2022). Principles of Social Psychology.
Developmental Psychology
• The Human Development Teaching & Learning Group. Human Development.
• Lally, M., & Valentine-French, S. (2019). Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective.
Abnormal Psychology
• Cummings, J.A. (2020). Abnormal Psychology.
• Bridley, A., & Daffin Jr, L.W. (2022). Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders.
Cognitive Psychology
• Bröder, A., Kurtz, K. J., Levering, K. R., Graesser, A., Lippert, A. M., Shubeck, K. T., … Funke, J.
(2019). The Psychology of Human Thought: An Introduction.
• College of the Canyons. Cognitive Psychology.
Biopsychology
• NOBA. Psychology as a Biological Science.
• Dommett et al. Introduction to Biological Psychology.
Personality Psychology
• Allen, Chris. (2020). The Balance of Personality.
Community Psychology
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• Jason et al. (2019). Introduction to Community Psychology: Becoming an Agent of Change.
• Palmer at al. (2022). Case Studies in Community Psychology Pratcice: A Global Lens
Sport Psychology
• Zenko, Z., & Jones, L. (Eds.). (2021). Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access
Textbook.
Positive Psychology
• Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Tay, L. (Eds.). Handbook of Well-Being.
Human Sexuality
• Goerling, E. & Wolfe, E. (2022). Introduction to Human Sexuality.
Roadmap to Careers in Psychology
• Machin, T., Machin, T., Jeffries, C., & Hoare, N. (2022). The Australian Handbook for Careers in
Psychological Science.
Various
• The Psychology Commons. The Psychology Commons.
Note: This is not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of available OER in Psychology but instead a
starting point for exploration. Please use the following OER repositories or reach out to your local
university library for assistance in discovering relevant OER for your courses.
Places to Discover OER
• B.C. Open Collection
• OASIS
• Open OER Library
• Open Textbook Library
• LibreTexts: Social Sciences
Some OER Efficacy Studies (Psychology Courses)
• Cuttler, C. (2018). Students' use and perceptions of the relevance and quality of open textbooks
compared to traditional textbooks in online and traditional classroom environments. Psychology
Learning and Teaching, 18(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718811300
• Jhangiani, R.S., Dastur, F.N., Grand, R.L., & Penner, K. (2018). As good or better than commercial
textbooks: Students’ perceptions and outcomes from using open digital and open print
textbooks. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9(1).
https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2018.1.5
• Hardin, E. E., Eschman, B., Spengler, E. S., Grizzell, J. A., Moody, A. T., Ross-Sheehy, S., & Fry, K.
M. (2019). What happens when trained graduate student instructors switch to an open
textbook? A controlled study of the impact on student learning outcomes. Psychology Learning
& Teaching, 18(1), 48–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718810909
• Nusbaum, A.T., Cuttler, C., & Swindell, S. (2020). Open educational resources as a tool for
educational equity: Evidence from an introductory psychology class. Frontiers in Education, 4.
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2019.00152
Last updated: May 21, 2023
“Open Educational Resources in Psychology: A Starter Pack” by Rajiv Jhangiani
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