18 Psychology & Sociology
Book Collections & Textbooks
General Psychology & Sociology
- OpenStax Psychology: Designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. Includes applications, instructor resources, student resources, animations and simulations, as well as content, critical thinking, and reflection exercises. (OpenStax does require registration to access any additional Instructor resources).
- Open Textbook Library Sociology Textbooks: Titles include: The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands; Contemporary Families: An Equity Lens; Parenting and Family Diversity Issues; Foundations of Social Work Research; Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience; Classical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology; & more.
- Pressbooks Directory: Social Work: Guidebook for Social Work Literature Reviews and Research Questions; Scientific Inquiry in Social Work; Foundations of Social Work Research; Practical Knowledge: A Beginning Guide to Social Work Practice; Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities: Case Studies; Human Behavior and the Social Environment I; and more.
- Instances of Cognition: textbook and set of course materials for an introductory undergraduate course in cognition; includes a course website CC BY-SA
- Open Textbook Library Psychology Textbooks: Titles include: Human Development; Abnormal Psychology – 2nd Edition; Human Behavior and the Social Environment I; The Balance of Personality; Psychology: The Science of Human Potential; Trauma-Informed School Practices: Building Expertise To Transform Schools; Statistical Thinking for the 21st Century & more.
- Introduction to Sociology 3e: “Introduction to Sociology 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of many introductory sociology courses providing foundational sociological theories and contexts, then progressing through various aspects of human and societal interactions. The new edition is focused on driving meaningful and memorable learning experiences related to critical thinking about society and culture.”
- Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience: Uses core content from OpenStax Psychology 2e, this work combines original material and resources, and selected works from Introduction to Psychology by Cummings & Sanders, Discovery Psychology 2.0 from Noba Project, and various upper-level Psychology courses from Lumen Learning. Includes videos, key terms, review questions.
- Psychological Disorders and Treatments: Title collection of textbooks and educational materials from the Noba Project, funded by the Diener Education
- A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences: “A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new version of the writing manual he wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis.” Includes: Analyzing Texts, Taking Notes, Discovering a Topic, Preparing for Discussion, Creating a Thesis, Ordering Evidence, Building an Argument, Coherent Paragraphs, Effective Sentences, Appropriate Words, Revising, Revision Checklist
- Noba Project: provides customizable textbooks and educational materials; provides instructors with a platform to customize educational content to better suit their curriculum; material is written by a collection of experts and authorities in the field of psychology. Browse Content [CC BY-NC-SA]
Developmental Psychology
- Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: chapters focus on the pregnancy complications and birth outcomes, from the aspects of gestational age, environmental, genetic, epigenetic risk factors, and delivery room management [CC BY]
- Human Development: provides a bird’s eye view of major milestones and developmental tasks during each age period, starting at conception and ending with old age [CC BY-NC-SA]
- Child Growth and Development: text presents how and why children grow, develop, and learn; looks at physical changes over time from conception through adolescence; examines cognitive change and ability to think and remember changes over the first 20 years or so of life; covers how emotions, psychological states, and social relationships change throughout childhood and adolescence. [CC BY]
- Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective: chapters include:Introduction to Lifespan Development; Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth; Infancy and Toddlerhood; Early Childhood; Middle and Late Childhood; Adolescence; Emerging and Early Adulthood; Middle Adulthood; Late Adulthood; Death and Dying [CC BY-NC-SA]
- Psychology as a Biological Science: standard introduction to psychology course content with a specific emphasis on biological aspects of psychology; includes content related to neuroscience methods, the brain and the nervous system. [CC BY-NC-SA]
- Lifespan Development: examines the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur throughout a lifetime; covers the essentials in understanding human development, psychological research, and theories of growth and development [CC BY]
- Parenting and Family Diversity Issues: created for students and individuals who work with children and families (e.g., educators, parents, caregivers, direct support workers, etc.) in diverse contexts; covers key concepts related to parenting, child-rearing, care-giving, and parenting education; outlines historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives across vast settings and developmental domains [CC BY-NC-SA]
OER SPOTLIGHT: PSYCHOLOGY
Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience: Uses core content from OpenStax Psychology 2e, this work combines original material and resources, and selected works from Introduction to Psychology by Cummings & Sanders, Discovery Psychology 2.0 from Noba Project, and various upper-level Psychology courses from Lumen Learning. Includes videos, key terms, review questions
Repositories & Research
- SOC 101: Intro to Sociology; PSY102 General Psychology II; PSY 235: Human Growth and Development; PSY101 General Psychology I: Curated guides from CCCS/CCCOnline; Materials have been librarian-curated from a variety of sources and vetted for content and alignment by subject matter experts.
- SAMHSA Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center: The Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center provides communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others with the information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings.
- The University of Oxford Audio & Video Podcasts: Part of a free series from the University of Oxford. Titles include: The New Psychology of Depression; Our Mental Wellness, and more
- The Psychology Commons: an open library of online learning resources in Psychology.
Videos
- Sprouts Videos: Educational videos about psychology, pedagogy and child development. Published under Creative Commons.
- TED Talks: Psychology: A collection of TED Talks on the topic of Psychology. https://www.ted.com/topics/sociology
- TED Talks: Sociology: A collection of TED Talks on the topic of Sociology.
- New & Hopeful Approaches in Housing & Homelessness: Videos from the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work.
- CrashCourse Psychology: 40 episodes based on the 2013 AP Psychology curriculum. Covers “the biological basis of human behavior and perception, standard models of thinking, learning, and emotions, psychological research methods, cases of abnormal psychology and associated treatments and application of psychological theories to social groups.
Interactive
- Social Sciences LibreStudio: H5P embeddable interactive content; openly-licensed; learning activities include:: image sequencing, multiple choice, drag & drop, fill in the blanks, interactive book, true/false, question sets, interactive video, sort the paragraphs, collage, and more.
- Society & Social Sciences H5P Content: The eCampusOntario H5P Studio site uses H5P, an open source plugin, to allow content authors to easily create interactive content for their courses or other instructional projects. eCampusOntario H5P Studio is provided as part of our set of Open Publishing tools and developed by the Wilfrid Laurier University Library.