Faculty of Arts
Psychology
Introduction to Psychology – First Canadian Edition
By Jennifer Walinga, Royal Roads University, and Charles Stangor, University of Maryland
This textbook is an adaptation of the open Introduction to Psychology book by Charles Stangor, a professor of psychology at the University of Maryland. A psychology professor from Royal Roads University adapted it as part of the B.C. Open Textbook Project and added several case studies, examples, and sections. This textbook, and its original version, have both been successfully adopted and has over a 4.5/5 rating from several professors.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, case studies, and exercises and critical thinking problems.
Attribution: Introduction to Psychology – First Canadian Edition By Jennifer Walinga and Charles Stangor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted
Introduction to Psychology
By Jorden A. Cummings and Lee Sanders, University of Saskatchewan
This textbook is an adaptation of existing open materials (Introduction to Psychology – 1st Canadian Edition, Research Methods in Psychology – 3rd American Edition, and The Noba Project) along with new content.
Includes: Interactive H5P activities
Attribution: Introduction to Psychology by Jorden A. Cummings & Lee Sanders is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Psychology: OpenStax
By: Rose M. Spielman
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research.
Includes: applications, instructor resources, student resources, animations and simulations, as well as content, critical thinking, and reflection exercises.
Attribution: Psychology: OpenStax by Rose M. Spielman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted
Discover Psychology 2.0 – A Brief Introductory Text
Edited by: Edward Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener (eds)
This textbook presents core concepts common to introductory courses. The 15 units cover the traditional areas of intro-to-psychology; ranging from biological aspects of psychology to psychological disorders to social psychology.
Includes: instructor resources, external resources, applications, discussion questions, and summaries.
Attribution: Discover Psychology 2.0 – A Brief Introductory Text edited by Edward Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted
Research Methods in Psychology: 2nd Canadian Edition
By: Paul Christopher Price, I-Chant A. Chiang and Rajiv Jhangiani
This peer-reviewed open textboo