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Berea, KY 40404
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Berea College
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These are some of the OER that have been adopted at Berea College.
- Noba ProjectThe Noba catalog covers the traditional scope of introductory psychology and then some. With 104 modules (and counting) we're confident you'll find what you're looking for, for free.
Introductory Psychology Textbooks
- Discover Psychology 2.0This 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, and comes with an accompanying instructor manual, PowerPoint slides, and test bank.
- OpenStax Psychology 2nd EditionPsychology 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. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders.
- Psychology: The Science of Human PotentialPsychology: The Science of Human Potential is designed to be a concise, cohesive introduction to psychology textbook. The first chapter provides an overview of the textbook and reviews the history of psychology and its methodology.
Social Psychology
- Principles of Social Psychology – 1st International H5P Edition (2021)Principles of Social Psychology-1st International Edition was adapted by Rajiv Jhangiani and Hammond Tarry from Charles Stagnor’s textbook Principles of Social Psychology. We hope that our work enables more instructors to adopt this open textbook for their Social Psychology or related courses and we further invite you to build upon our work by modifying this textbook to suit your course and pedagogical goals.
- Together: The Science of Social Psychology (Noba Project)This textbook presents core concepts common to introductory social psychology courses. The 8 units include 27 modules covering key social psych topics such as research methods, group processes, social influence, and relationships. This book can be modified: feel free to add or remove modules to better suit your specific needs.
- Case Studies in Community Psychology Practice: A Global LensThere is no better way to demonstrate the work and impact of community psychologists and allies than by showcasing actual projects conducted in partnership with communities. This textbook displays this work in a dynamic case study format that will ignite students' desire and passion to study and become future community psychologists.
- Introduction to Community Psychology: Becoming an Agent of ChangeThis textbook will show you how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism. It will provide you with perspectives and tools to partner with community members and organizations to promote a fair and equitable allocation of resources and opportunities.
Abnormal Psychology
- Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders, 3rd EditionFundamentals of Psychological Disorders (formerly Abnormal Psychology) is an Open Education Resource written by Alexis Bridley, Ph.D. and Lee W. Daffin Jr., Ph.D. through Washington State University which tackles the difficult topic of mental disorders in 16 modules and is updated through the DSM-5-TR.
- Abnormal Psychology (Noba Project)A selection of short articles curated by the Noba community on subjects relevant to abnormal psychology courses.
- Abnormal Psychology (2020)This text has been created from a combination of original content and materials compiled and adapted from existing open educational resources.
Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology
- Research Methods in Psychology, 4th Edition (2019)This textbook introduces students to the fundamental principles of what it is like to think like a psychology researcher in the contemporary world of psychology research. Lecture slides are also available.
- Recentering Psych StatisticsCovering basic statistics to ANCOVA with a chapter on R applications. Each chapter has research vignettes to make the material more accessible. Note: One chapter with extensive information about using R.
- Learning statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginnersLearning Statistics with R covers the contents of an introductory statistics class, as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students, focusing on the use of the R statistical software. The book discusses how to get started in R as well as giving an introduction to data manipulation and writing scripts.
- Data Analysis in the Psychological Sciences: A Practical, Applied, Multimedia ApproachThis open resources textbook contains 10 Units that describe and explain the main concepts in statistical analysis of psychological data. In addition to conceptual descriptions and explanations of the basic analyses for descriptive statistics, this textbook also explains how to conduct those analyses with common statistical software (Excel) and open-source free software (R).
- Answering Questions with DataThis is a free textbook teaching introductory statistics for undergraduates in Psychology. This textbook is part of a larger OER course package for teaching undergraduate statistics in Psychology, including this textbook, a lab manual, and a course website. All of the materials are free and copiable, with source code maintained in Github.
Other Topics in Psychology
- Human DevelopmentThis text provides a bird’s eye view of major milestones and developmental tasks during each age period, starting at conception and ending with old age.
- Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective - Fourth EditionDevelopmental Psychology is the scientific study of ways in which people change, as well as stay the same, from conception to death. These include physical and other psychophysiological processes, cognition, language, and psychosocial development, including the impact of family and peers.
- Culture & PsychologyCulture is one of the most powerful forces in the world. It shapes how we make sense of our world, how we express ourselves and how we understand and relate to others. In this textbook we introduce cultural universals and culturally specific constructs in psychology.
- Introduction to Behavioral NeuroscienceIn this OER textbooks, students will begin to understand how the physiology of the nervous system and the environment dictate our movements, thoughts and feelings. Students will be challenged to think about real neuroscience experiments, appreciate how neuroscience knowledge evolves over time, and consider open questions in the field. They will also be invited to learn about the people behind the science, such as through interview videos and researcher profiles.
The development of this material was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
