Adaptation Statement

Introduction to Psychology was created by Burt Ashworth, Sonia Cooper, Manyu Li, Ashley Ojo, Bhrea’ Vavasseur, and Michael Waller through the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment Introduction to Psychology Cohort, from LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Louisiana Board of Regents, funded through an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 2021–2022. Most content was adapted and remixed from other open textbooks, as indicated below. Unless stated otherwise, Introduction to Psychology (c) 2022 is licensed under a Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

In Introduction to Psychology, gender-neutral language (they/their) has been used intentionally. In addition, while general ideas and content may remain unchanged from the sources from which this adapted version is based, word choice, phrasing, and organization of content within each chapter may have changed.

Licenses, attributions, and adaptations for each chapter are as follows:

 

Introduction to Psychology

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

The Science of Psychology

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Adaptations:

  • Chapter title changed to “The Science of Psychology”
  • Chapter sections reorganized.
  • Added chapter learning objectives
  • Edited sections’ learning objectives.
  • Added a new paragraph on the scientific method and a figure to demonstrate the scientific process.

 

Physiological Aspects of Psychology

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

 

States of Consciousness

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

Sensation and Perception

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

Growth and Development

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

Learning

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

 

Thinking and Intelligence

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

 

Memory

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

Emotions and Motivations

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

Personality

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

 

Social Psychology

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

 

Psychological Disorders

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

 

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Adapted from:

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology – H5P Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/h5ppsychology/. CC BY 4.0.

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota. https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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